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. British.,  Also hogg,

   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, hogging 

1. to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of.

2. to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.

3. roach.

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, hogging 

1. Nautical.,  (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch.

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. Also: hogg. dialect,  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. 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. 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

Other Word Forms

• hoglike adjective
• hogger noun
• unhogged 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, to be in prosperous circumstances. Also eat high off the hog.

2. go the whole hog. whole hog. Also go whole hog.

see go hog wild; go whole hog; high off the hog; road hog.

Example Sentences

Addressing the crowd after completing the record, Mr Rafferty said he planned to go "the full hog" and play on for a total of 30 hours.

From BBC

Dealing with "seat hogging" and related issues is a tricky balance, and the independent cafes grappling with a similar thing have deployed a range of approaches.

From BBC

Starbucks's in South Korea move echoes sentiment in cafes across the world, including in England where some coffee shops have introduced policies aimed at stopping remote workers from "hogging" tables and limiting turnover.

From BBC

Bob Hemesath, a hog and corn farmer in Iowa, was likewise puzzled.

From BBC

The 1859 "pig dispute" involved contested islands near Vancouver and the unfortunate shooting of a British hog that had intruded on an American's garden.

From BBC

Related Words

• boar 
• pig 
• piglet 
• swine