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hog

[ hawg, hog ]

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noun

a hoofed mammal of the Old World family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
a domesticated swine weighing 120 pounds (54 kilograms) or more, raised for market.
a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.
Slang.
1. a large, heavy motorcycle.
2. an impressively large luxury automobile.
Also hogg, . British.
1. a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn.
2. the wool shorn from such a sheep.
3. any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.
Railroads Slang. a locomotive.
a machine for shredding wood.
Curling. a stone that stops before reaching the hog score.

verb (used with object)

, hogged, hog·ging.

to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of.
to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.
roach ³( def 3 ).
(in machine-shop practice) to cut deeply into (a metal bar or slab) to reduce it to a shape suitable for final machining.
to shred (a piece of wood).

verb (used without object)

, hogged, hog·ging.

Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag ( def 6a ).

hog

/ hɒɡ /

noun

a domesticated pig, esp a castrated male weighing more than 102 kg
any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig
dialect.
Alsohogg another name for hogget
informal.
a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person
nautical a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom
nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged Compare sag
another word for camber
slang.
a large powerful motorcycle
go the whole hog informal.
to do something thoroughly or unreservedly
if you are redecorating one room, why not go the whole hog and paint the entire house?
live high on the hog or live high off the hog informal.
to have an extravagant lifestyle

verb

slang.
to take more than one's share of
to arch (the back) like a hog
to cut (the mane) of (a horse) very short

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Derived Forms

ˈhogˌlike, adjective
ˈhogger, noun

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Other Words From

hog·like adjective
un·hogged adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hog¹

First recorded before 1100; Middle English hoge, Old English hogg; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh “swine”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hog¹

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

live high off / on the hog, Informal. to be in prosperous circumstances. Also eat high off the hog.
go the whole hog. whole hog. Also go whole hog.

More idioms and phrases containing hog

see go hog wild ; go whole hog ; high off the hog ; road hog .

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