Hogg

[ hog ]

noun

1. James the Ettrick Shepherd, 1770–1835, Scottish poet.

hogg

¹

/ hɒɡ /

noun

1. an uncastrated male pig
2. a sheep of either sex aged between birth and second shearing

Hogg

²

/ hɒɡ /

noun

1. HoggJames17701835MScottishWRITING: poetWRITING: writer James, known as the Ettrick Shepherd. 1770–1835, Scottish poet and writer. His works include the volume of poems The Queen's Wake (1813) and the novel The Confessions of a Justified Sinner (1824)
2. See Hailsham of St Marylebone
   Quintin
   Quintin HoggQuintin See Hailsham of St Marylebone

Example Sentences

For her new film, Hogg goes further, and in so doing makes one of 2021’s best movies.

From Vox

For Hogg, memories — hers or Julie’s — are subtly linked to shifting color palettes.

From Vox

Hogg had originally intended to make both movies at the same time, and though that plan didn’t work out, it hardly matters.

From Time

Both films are set in the 1980s and are, as Hogg has said in interviews, semi-autobiographical, inspired by a relationship she had as a young woman.

From Time

Speaking on the second day of this year’s Fortune Global Forum—which has itself been forced from the physical world into the virtual—Hogg said the shift was even apparent in markets where cash is seen as king, such as Europe.

From Fortune

Disclosure: my wife, Lucy Hogg, is also in the exhibition.

From The Daily Beast

This is a brand new work by Lucy Hogg (yes,  my wife – nepotism 'r us), from a series documenting how people use art museums.

From The Daily Beast

Top photo by Lucy Hogg; bottom photo courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery.

From The Daily Beast

"Shocked would be the wrong word, but people were highly surprised, because of his skin color," Hogg says.

From The Daily Beast

The native fairies with which Hogg peopled the raths and mounds of Ettrick do not appear in Thom's verses.

From Project Gutenberg

For the sake of the lesson, Hogg should have been there to learn to cross-question.

From Project Gutenberg

In 1832 he was a steward at the famous literary dinner given to Hogg the Ettrick Shepherd.

From Project Gutenberg

He lay with his force in Brunavagar, and carried on "strand-hogg" and ate raw flesh.

From Project Gutenberg

There are numerous varieties, one of the most noteworthy being “Thomas Hogg” with pure white flowers.

From Project Gutenberg