hog

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[edit] Etymology

Old Norse hǫggva (“‘to strike, to cut’”). "Hog" originally meant a castrated male pig. (Compare "hoggett" for a castrated male sheep.)

[edit] Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /hɒɡ/
• (US) IPA: /hɑg/, /hɔːg/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

[edit] Noun

hog (plural hogs)

1. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
2. A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
3. (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.

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[edit] Verb

to hog (third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)

1. (transitive) 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.

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[edit] See also

• cold shoulder, pork barrel, swine

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of gho
• OHG, OHG.