road hog

noun

1. a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.

road hog

noun

1. informal.
   a selfish or aggressive driver

Other Words From

• road-hoggish adjective
• road-hoggism noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of road hog¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Idioms and Phrases

A motorist whose vehicle straddles two traffic lanes, as in Stay in your own lane, you road hog! This expression uses hog in the sense of “a greedy or selfish person.” [ Colloquial ; late 1800s]

Example Sentences

One hopes that practice with the Indian variety may help them in their chase of the Uhlan road-hog.

From Project Gutenberg

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