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Definition: Meaning of, hog in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɒɡ /

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Word Forms:
Singular Plural
hog hogs
[countable]
  1. especially American English a large pig that is kept for its meat [↪  boar, sow]
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  2. go the whole hog informal to do something thoroughly
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  3. go hog wild American English informal to suddenly do an activity in an uncontrolled way
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  4. informal someone who takes too much of something that should be shared [=  pig]
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
hog hogged hogged
Present Participle Third Person Singular
hogging hogs
[transitive]
  1. informal to keep, use, or have all of something that should be shared
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hog used in phrases

  • herring hog (noun)
    1. the common porpoise of the northern Atlantic and Pacific
  • hog badger (noun)
    1. southeast Asian badger with a snout like a pig
  • hog cholera (noun)
    1. highly infectious virus disease of swine
  • hog cranberry (noun)
    1. evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries; leaves turn red in autumn
  • hog millet (noun)
    1. extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage
  • hog molly (noun)
    1. a fish that is widely distributed in warm clear shallow streams of the USA
  • hog peanut (noun)
    1. usually subterranean vine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant edible one-seeded pods resembling peanuts
  • hog plum (noun)
    1. tropical American tree having edible yellow fruit
    2. small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
  • hog plum bush (noun)
    1. small native American shrubby tree bearing small edible yellow to reddish fruit
  • hog snapper (noun)
    1. large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig's snout
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