hog

hog
[[t]hɒ̱g, AM hɔ͟ːg[/t]]
hogs, hogging, hogged
1) N-COUNT A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male pig that has been castrated, but in American English it can refer to any kind of pig.

We picked the corn by hand and we fed it to the hogs and the cows...

Johnny Warrick has a hog farm in Alabama.

2) VERB If you hog something, you take all of it in a greedy or impolite way. [INFORMAL]

[V n] Have you done hogging the bathroom?...

[V n] Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight.

3) → See also road hog
4) PHRASE: V inflects If you go the whole hog, you do something bold or extravagant in the most complete way possible. [INFORMAL]

Well, I thought, I've already lost half my job, I might as well go the whole hog and lose it completely.


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  • Hog — (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc h, hoc h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hog — [hôg, häg] n. pl. hogs or, for 1 & 2, hog [ME < OE hogg < ? or akin to ON höggva, to cut (akin to OE heawan, HEW), in basic sense “castrated”] 1. any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a… …   English World dictionary

  • Hog — Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hogging}.] 1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hog — may refer to:* Pig * Harley Owners Group * The stock ticker symbol for Harley Davidson (HOG) * The Hogs (American football), the famed offensive line of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League * M60 machine gun, also referred to… …   Wikipedia

  • Hog — Hog, v. i. (Naut.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog s back; said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hog — Hog, 1) (Hog Head), Vorgebirge an der Küste der Grafschaft Kerry in der irischen Provinz Munster; 2) Inselgruppe daselbst; 3) (Hog Island), Insel an der Küste Virginiens im Atlantischen Ocean (Nordamerika); 4) Insel im St. Clairsee in Obercanada; …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • hog — [n1] pig boar, cob roller*, oinker*, piggy, piglet, porker*, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, warthog; concepts 394,400 hog [n2] glutton cormorant, epicure, gorger*, gormandizer, gourmand, greedy eater, hefty eater, pig*, swine*; concept 412 hog [v] …   New thesaurus

  • hog — ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • hog|ly — «HOG lee, HG », adjective, li|er, li|est. = hoggish. (Cf. ↑hoggish) –hog´li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • hog it — (slang) 1. To eat greedily 2. To live in a slovenly fashion • • • Main Entry: ↑hog …   Useful english dictionary

  • høg — sb., en, e, ene, i sms. høge , fx høgenæb …   Dansk ordbog

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