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hog

UK /hɒɡ/US /hɔɡ/

noun13

  1. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
  2. An adult swine, at or above a certain body weight.
  3. (informal, figurative) A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.
  4. (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
  5. (vulgar) A penis.
  6. The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
  7. (informal) A quahog (clam).
  8. (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
  9. A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
  10. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
  11. (slang, no longer used) A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
  12. (slang, no longer used) A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
  13. (slang, no longer used) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.

verb7

  1. (informal) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
  2. To take a rough cut, quickly removing material; to hog out.
  3. To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
  4. (of a hedge) to trim up closely
  5. To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
  6. To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  7. To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
forms

hogged · hogging · hogs

Phrases with hog

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