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Hog Very Common

Hog has 8 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a person regarded as greedy and pig-like

"The boss accused his coworker of hogging all the food during lunch, acting like such a gluttonous slob."

2

a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

"The farmer checked his flock and counted twelve young hogs that had not been sheared since their birth."

3

domestic swine

"The farmer fed fresh corn to his growing hog in the pen."

4

Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

"The old fisherman pulled up a large hog from the sandy bottom of the ocean."

5

A quahog (clam)

In plain English: A hog is an adult male pig that has been raised for meat.

"The pig happily ran to its trough to hog all the food before anyone else could eat."

Verb
1

take greedily; take more than one's share

"The children hogged all the cookies, leaving none for their parents."

hog
2

To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.

"The old mill used to have a machine that could hog fallen branches into small pieces of bark fuel."

3

To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.

In plain English: To hog something means to take it all for yourself and refuse to share with anyone else.

"Don't hog all the blankets, there are two other people in here too."

Usage: Avoid using "hog" as a verb in formal writing due to its informal and often rude connotation of selfishness. It is best reserved for casual contexts where describing greedy behavior fits the tone.

Example Sentences
"The pig happily ran to its trough to hog all the food before anyone else could eat." noun
"The young piglet was too small to hog all the food in its bowl." noun
"Don't hog the phone line just because you want to talk for an hour." noun
"He tried to hog the blanket during the cold winter storm." noun
"Don't hog all the blankets, there are two other people in here too." verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
selfish person lamb swine snap up
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
porker

Origin

From Middle English hog, 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 kewh₂- ("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, hence a sense of "the cut one". (Compare hogget for a castrated male sheep.) More at hew.

Rhyming Words
shog cohog quahog sea hog warthog werehog sandhog roadhog gas hog hedgehog road hog thornhog earthhog ball hog river hog mummichog black hog white hog groundhog shear hog
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