Hog Definition

hôg, hŏg
hogged, hogging, hogs
noun
hogs
Any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a castrated boar.
Webster's New World
A domesticated pig weighing over 54 kilograms (120 pounds).
American Heritage Medicine
A selfish, greedy, or gluttonous person.
Webster's New World
A young sheep not yet shorn.
Webster's New World
A coarse or filthy person.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
hogged, hogging, hogs
To be higher in the center than at the ends.
Webster's New World
To arch (the back) like a hog's.
Webster's New World
To grab greedily; take all of or an unfairly large share of.
Webster's New World
To trim (a horse's mane) in order to make it bristly.
Webster's New World
To cause (a ship, keel, etc.) to be higher in the center than at the ends.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
idiom
high on
  • In a lavish or extravagant manner:

    lived high on the hog after getting his inheritance.

American Heritage
go the whole hog
  • to go all the way; do or accept something fully
Webster's New World
high on (<i>or</i> off) the hog
  • in a luxurious or costly way
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Hog

Noun

Singular:
hog
Plural:
hogs

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Origin of Hog

  • From Middle English, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowə- (“to beat, hew, forge”). Cognate with Old High German houwan, Old Saxon hauwan, Old English hēawan (English hew). "Hog" originally meant a castrated male pig. (Compare "hoggett" for a castrated male sheep.) More at hew.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English hogg possibly of Celtic origin sū- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hog Sentence Examples

  • I was thinking that we should share all this — not hog it all to ourselves.

  • The fox and the jackal exist, and the wild hog is very abundant.

  • Oh, do they have chitterlings and hog jowls there?

  • The tapir, fox, deer, wild cat, wild dog, carpincho or water hog and a few small rodents nearly complete the list of quadrupeds.

  • A small island, Hog Island, is included in the township. The principal village, also known as Bristol, is a port of entry with a capacious and deep harbour, has manufactories of rubber and woollen goods, and is well known as a yacht-building centre, several defenders of the America Cup, including the "Columbia" and the "Reliance," having been built in the Herreshoff yards here.

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