hog
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Old Norse hǫggva (“‘to strike, to cut’”). "Hog" originally meant a castrated male pig. (Compare "hoggett" for a castrated male sheep.)
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hog (plural hogs)
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
- A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
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animal belonging to the family Suidae
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to hog (third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)
- (transitive) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
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- 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.
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To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others
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