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Definition of 'hog'Alternative forms
* (qualifier) 'og
Noun
( en-noun)
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
(lb) An adult swine .
* 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
- Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs'. Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and ' hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.
A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
(slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a .
(UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
(nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- (Totten)
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
*1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
*:‘’Ere]] s' for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ' [['og|’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog ). A shilling: (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low [[slang|s.
A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. [[from|ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
*1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
*:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 3. A half-crown: [[circa|ca 1860–1910.
Hyponyms
* (shilling coins) white hog, black hog
Derived terms
* groundhog
* hedgehog
* high on the hog
* hogback, Hog's Back
* hog-baying
* hogcote
* hog heaven
* hog island
* hog waller (hog wallow)
( rel-mid3)
* hog-wallowing
* hog-wild
* hog line
* hog maw
* hog-rubber
* hog town
* hogherd
* hoggish
( rel-mid3)
* hoggishly
* hoggy
* hogshead
* road hog
* sea hog
* whole hog, go whole hog
( rel-bottom)
Verb
( hogg)
To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
- Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
- 2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie , Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
- The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (Smart)
(nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
(nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
Synonyms
* (take greedily) (l)
See also
* cold shoulder
* pork barrel
* swine
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