hogwild

hog-wild

[hawg-wahyld, hog-]
adjective
wildly or intemperately enthusiastic or excited.

Origin:
1900–05, Americanism

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hog-wild definition


  1. mod.
    wild; boisterous. : All the kids were completely hog-wild by the time I got there.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Hogwild is always a great word to know.
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a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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