hog

[ hawg, hog ]

/ hɔg, hɒg /

noun

a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.

a domesticated swine weighing 120 pounds (54 kg) or more, raised for market.

a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.

Slang.

a large, heavy motorcycle.
an impressively large luxury automobile.

Also hogg, hogget. British.

a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn.
the wool shorn from such a sheep.
any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.

Railroads Slang. a locomotive.

a machine for shredding wood.

Curling. a stone that stops before reaching the hog score.

verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.

to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of.

to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.

roach³(def 3).

(in machine-shop practice) to cut deeply into (a metal bar or slab) to reduce it to a shape suitable for final machining.

to shred (a piece of wood).

verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.

Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag(def 6a).

Idioms for hog

go the whole hog, to proceed or indulge completely and unreservedly: We went the whole hog and took a cruise around the world. Also go whole hog.

live high off/on the hog, to be in prosperous circumstances. Also eat high off the hog.

Origin of hog

1300–50; Middle English; compare Old English hogg- in place-names; perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh swine

OTHER WORDS FROM hog

hog·like, adjective un·hogged, adjective

Words nearby hog

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British Dictionary definitions for live high off the hog

hog

/ (hɒɡ) /

noun

a domesticated pig, esp a castrated male weighing more than 102 kg

US and Canadian any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig

Also: hogg British dialect, Australian and NZ another name for hogget

informal a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person

nautical a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom

nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged Compare sag (def. 6)

another word for camber (def. 4)

slang, mainly US a large powerful motorcycle

go the whole hog informal to do something thoroughly or unreservedly if you are redecorating one room, why not go the whole hog and paint the entire house?

live high on the hog or live high off the hog informal, mainly US to have an extravagant lifestyle

verb hogs, hogging or hogged (tr)

slang to take more than one's share of

to arch (the back) like a hog

to cut (the mane) of (a horse) very short

Derived forms of hog

hogger, noun hoglike, adjective

Word Origin for hog

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

Idioms and Phrases with live high off the hog (1 of 2)

live high off the hog

see high off the hog.

Idioms and Phrases with live high off the hog (2 of 2)

hog

see go hog wild; go whole hog; high off the hog; road hog.

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hog

noun

verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.

verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.

Idioms for hog

Origin of hog

OTHER WORDS FROM hog

Words nearby hog

British Dictionary definitions for live high off the hog

noun

verb hogs, hogging or hogged (tr)

Derived forms of hog

Word Origin for hog

Idioms and Phrases with live high off the hog (1 of 2)

Idioms and Phrases with live high off the hog (2 of 2)

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hog

noun

verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.

verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.

Idioms for hog

Origin of hog

OTHER WORDS FROM hog

Words nearby hog

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noun

verb hogs, hogging or hogged (tr)

Derived forms of hog

Word Origin for hog

Idioms and Phrases with live high off the hog (1 of 2)

Idioms and Phrases with live high off the hog (2 of 2)

British Dictionary definitions for live high off the hog