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whole-hog

[ hohl-hawg, -hog ]

/ ˈhoʊlˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg /

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adjective Informal.

complete and thorough; wholehearted.

Origin of whole-hog

First recorded in 1820–30

Words nearby whole-hog

whole tone, whole-body counter, whole-body titration curve, whole-cell vaccine, whole-grain, whole-hog, whole-length, whole-souled, whole-tone scale, whole-wheat, wholefood

Definition for whole-hog (2 of 2)

whole hog

noun Informal.

the furthest extent; everything: With them it was whole hog or nothing.

Example sentences from the Web for whole-hog

Why did we buy into AIG and Citigroup when we could have actually bought Goldman whole-hog, for a cut-rate price?

Our Crashing Portfolio |Duff McDonald |May 4, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
He must be "a whole-hog man" or nothing, a Whig or a Democrat.

The Life Of Abraham Lincoln |Ward H. Lamon
The "whole-hog men" would have none of them, and therein lay the distinction.

The Life Of Abraham Lincoln |Ward H. Lamon

British Dictionary definitions for whole-hog

whole hog

noun

slang the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog)

Idioms and Phrases with whole-hog

whole hog

see go whole hog.