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high on the hog

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hog   (hôg, hŏg)   
n.  
    1. Any of various mammals of the family Suidae, which includes the domesticated pig as well as wild species, such as the boar and the wart hog.

    2. A domesticated pig, especially one weighing over 54 kilograms (120 pounds).

    3. A self-indulgent, gluttonous, or filthy person.

    4. One that uses too much of something.

    5. Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn.

    6. The wool from this type of sheep.

    1. A self-indulgent, gluttonous, or filthy person.

    2. One that uses too much of something.

    3. Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn.

    4. The wool from this type of sheep.

  1. also hogg

    1. Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn.

    2. The wool from this type of sheep.

  2. Slang A big, heavy motorcycle.

v.   hogged, hog·ging, hogs

v.   tr.
  1. Informal To take more than one's share of: Don't hog the couch.

  2. To cause (the back) to arch like that of a hog.

  3. To cut (a horse's mane) short and bristly.

  4. To shred (waste wood, for example) by machine.

v.   intr.
Nautical To arch upward in the middle. Used of a ship's keel.

[Middle English, from Old English hogg, possibly of Celtic origin; see sū- in Indo-European roots.]
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