hog

[ hawg, hog ]

noun

1. a hoofed mammal of the Old World family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
2. a domesticated swine weighing 120 pounds (54 kilograms) or more, raised for market.
3. a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.
4. Slang.
   1. a large, heavy motorcycle.
   2. an impressively large luxury automobile.
5. 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.
6. Railroads Slang. a locomotive.
7. a machine for shredding wood.
8. Curling. a stone that stops before reaching the hog score.

verb (used with object)

, hogged, hog·ging.

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

verb (used without object)

, hogged, hog·ging.

1. 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

1. a domesticated pig, esp a castrated male weighing more than 102 kg
2. any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig
3. dialect.
   Alsohogg another name for hogget
4. informal.
   a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person
5. nautical a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom
6. nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged Compare sag
7. another word for camber
8. slang.
   a large powerful motorcycle
9. 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?

10. live high on the hog or live high off the hog informal.
    to have an extravagant lifestyle

verb

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

Derived Forms

• ˈhogˌlike, adjective
• ˈhogger, noun

Other Words From

• hog·like adjective
• un·hogged adjective

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”

Word History and Origins

Origin of hog¹

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. live high off / on the hog, Informal. to be in prosperous circumstances. Also eat high off the hog.
2. 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 .

Example Sentences

Hernández, who moved into the starting lineup after shortstop Miguel Rojas aggravated his left-adductor injury in Game 3 and singled twice in an 8-0 Game 4 victory, doesn’t hog those visualization techniques for himself.

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The second development was that Donald Trump and his family jumped whole hog into the crypto market.

From Los Angeles Times

One of the first was going whole hog into native plants without understanding anything about them.

From Los Angeles Times

“It represents a lot of my persona and how I reflect myself onstage — you could say, like an attention hog.”

From Los Angeles Times

That’s when agriculture officials encouraged small poultry and hog farmers unable to compete with large farming corporations to raise dogs, said Bob Baker, executive director of the Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation, which advocates for laws to protect animals from abuse and neglect.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• boar
• pig
• piglet
• swine