hog

hog
hog [hôg, häg]
n.
pl. hogs or, for 1 & 2, hog [ME < OE hogg < ? or akin to ON höggva, to cut (akin to OE heawan, HEW), in basic sense “castrated”]
1. any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a castrated boar: see PIG (sense 1)
2. Brit. a young sheep not yet shorn
3. Informal a selfish, greedy, gluttonous, coarse, or filthy person
4. Slang a large, heavy motorcycle
vt.
hogged, hogging
1.
a) to arch (the back) like a hog's
b) to cause (a ship, keel, etc.) to be higher in the center than at the ends
2. to trim (a horse's mane) in order to make it bristly
3. Slang to grab greedily; take all of or an unfair share of
vi.
to be higher in the center than at the ends, as the bottom of a ship
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go the whole hog or go whole hog
Slang to go all the way; do or accept something fully
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☆ high on the hog or high off the hog
Informal in a luxurious or costly way
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☆ hog wild
Informal highly excited; without moderation or restraint

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  • Hog — (h[o^]g), n. [Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc h, hoc h. Cf. {Haggis}, {Hogget}, and {Hoggerel}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A quadruped of the genus {Sus}, and allied genera of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hog — Hog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hogged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hogging}.] 1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hog — may refer to:* Pig * Harley Owners Group * The stock ticker symbol for Harley Davidson (HOG) * The Hogs (American football), the famed offensive line of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League * M60 machine gun, also referred to… …   Wikipedia

  • Hog — Hog, v. i. (Naut.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog s back; said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hog — Hog, 1) (Hog Head), Vorgebirge an der Küste der Grafschaft Kerry in der irischen Provinz Munster; 2) Inselgruppe daselbst; 3) (Hog Island), Insel an der Küste Virginiens im Atlantischen Ocean (Nordamerika); 4) Insel im St. Clairsee in Obercanada; …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • hog — ► NOUN 1) a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter. 2) informal a greedy person. ► VERB (hogged, hogging) informal ▪ take or hoard selfishly. ● go the whole hog Cf. ↑ …   English terms dictionary

  • hog|ly — «HOG lee, HG », adjective, li|er, li|est. = hoggish. (Cf. ↑hoggish) –hog´li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

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