Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense hogs, present participle hogging, past tense, past participle hogged
1. countable noun
A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male pig that has been castrated, but in American English it can referto any kind of pig.
We picked the corn by hand and we fed it to the hogs and the cows.
Synonyms: pig, swine, porker More Synonyms of hog
2. verb
If you hog something, you take all of it in a greedy or impolite way.
[informal]
Have you done hogging the bathroom? [VERB noun]
Now, Bert, quit hogging the limelight. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: monopolize, dominate, tie up, corner More Synonyms of hog
3. See also roadhog
4.
See go the whole hog
hog in British English
(hɒɡ)
noun
1.
a domesticated pig, esp a castrated male weighing more than 102 kg
2. US and Canadian
any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig
3. Also: hogg British dialect, Australian and New Zealand another name for hogget
4. informal
a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person
5. nautical
a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom
6. nautical
the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged
Compare sag (sense 6)
7. another word for camber (sense 4)
8. slang, mainly US
a large powerful motorcycle
9. go the whole hog
10. live high on the hog
verbWord forms: hogs, hogging or hogged(transitive)
11. slang
to take more than one's share of
12.
to arch (the back) like a hog
13.
to cut (the mane) of (a horse) very short
Derived forms
hogger (ˈhogger)
noun
hoglike (ˈhogˌlike)
adjective
Word origin
Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch
hog in American English
(hɔg; hɑg)
nounWord forms: pluralhogs or hog
1.
any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a castrated boar
see also pig (sense 1)
2. British
a young sheep not yet shorn
3. Informal
a selfish, greedy, gluttonous, coarse, or filthy person
4. Slang
a large, heavy motorcycle
verb transitiveWord forms: hogged or ˈhogging
5.
a.
to arch (the back) like a hog's
b.
to cause (a ship, keel, etc.) to be higher in the center than at the ends
6.
to trim (a horse's mane) in order to make it bristly
7. US, Slang
to grab greedily; take all of or an unfair share of
verb intransitive
8.
to be higher in the center than at the ends, as the bottom of a ship
Idioms:
go (the) whole hog
high on the hog
hog wild
Word origin
ME < OE hogg < ? or akin to ON höggva, to cut (akin to OE heawan, hew), in basic sense “castrated”
More idioms containing
hog
live high on the hog
go whole hog
go hog wild
Examples of 'hog' in a sentence
hog
Let's really go the whole hog.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Yet there's a significant minority of crisis guys who go the whole design hog now.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The most common excuse for hogging the whole job is that employees are too young or inexperienced.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There will also be a hog roast and bar.
The Sun (2008)
Why not go the whole hog and make them take in a stranger as a lodger?
The Sun (2011)
Why not go the whole hog and run in lanes?
The Sun (2016)
Food on offer includes a hog roast with sage and onion stuffing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Why not go the whole hog and make it a phone vote show?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But this hog roast had better be good.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Why not go the whole hog and buy a ready meal?
The Sun (2008)
Why not go the whole hog and get a chihuahua and carry it around in a special handbag?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Why not go the whole hog?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Others include leaving lights on, hogging bathrooms and noisy music.
The Sun (2015)
Not hogging the diary room as she's getting enough attention.
The Sun (2015)
The hundreds of giant hog farms that dot the countryside are worth some $2.5 billion a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All they see is the short-term prospect of their elders blocking promotion and hogging the top jobs.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Now he must go the whole hog and drop Milner.
The Sun (2012)
Next time, why not go the whole hog?
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
If you want a real taste of the medieval fare, visit the hog roast stall.
The Sun (2007)
Let's go the whole hog and look right back to the origins of art.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
They haven't gone the whole hog yet?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Maybe she'll go the whole hog next and buy a white van.
The Sun (2006)
When they emerged the Duchess stepped straight into the waiting car, seemingly keen to avoid hogging the limelight.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
In other languages
hog
British English: hog NOUN
A hog is a large male pig that has been castrated.
We picked the corn by hand and we fed it to the hogs and the cows.
American English: hog
Brazilian Portuguese: porco
Chinese: 猪
European Spanish: cerdo castrado
French: porc
German: Mastschwein
Italian: maiale
Japanese: 雄ブタ
Korean: 돼지
European Portuguese: porco
Latin American Spanish: cerdo castrado
British English: hog VERB
If you hog something, you take all of it in a greedy or impolite way.
Have you done hogging the bathroom?
American English: hog
Brazilian Portuguese: monopolizar
Chinese: 猪
European Spanish: acaparar
French: accaparer
German: in Beschlag nehmen
Italian: monopolizzare
Japanese: 独り占めする
Korean: 독차지하다
European Portuguese: monopolizar
Latin American Spanish: acaparar
All related terms of 'hog'
gas hog
a large car with very high petrol consumption
hog-tie
If someone hog-ties an animal or a person, they tie their legs together, or they tie their arms and legs together.
hog fuel
wood chips or shavings , residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill , animal feed , and surfacing paths and running tracks
hog-ward
someone who looks after hogs
hog wild
highly excited; without moderation or restraint
puck hog
a player who is reluctant to pass the puck to other members of his or her team
road hog
a selfish or aggressive driver
wart hog
a wild African hog ( Phacochoerus aethiopicus ) having a broad, flat face, very large, incurved tusks , and conical warts on the cheeks between the eyes and tusks
water hog
a person who uses water selfishly or irresponsibly, esp during a water shortage
whole hog
the whole or total extent (esp in the phrase go the whole hog )
wild hog
→ wild boar
hog badger
a SE Asian badger , Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
hog cholera
an infectious viral disease of hogs , characterized by fever, loss of appetite , diarrhea, and frequently by congestion and hemorrhages in the kidneys
hog heaven
a state of great ease or happiness
hog peanut
a North American leguminous climbing plant, Amphicarpa bracteata, having fleshy curved one-seeded pods , which ripen in or on the ground
hog's back
a narrow ridge that consists of steeply inclined rock strata
go hog wild
to behave in an uncontrolled and excited way
go whole hog
to do something to the fullest extent possible
hog's fennel
any of several Eurasian umbelliferous marsh plants of the genus Peucedanum, esp P. officinale, having clusters of small whitish flowers
go the whole hog
If you go the whole hog , you do something bold or extravagant in the most complete way possible .
high on the hog
in a luxurious or costly way
groundhog
A groundhog is a type of small animal with reddish-brown fur that is found in North America .
sand badger
a SE Asian badger , Arctonyx collaris, with a piglike mobile snout
live high on the hog
to have a good life, with plenty of money
Chinese translation of 'hog'
hog
(hɔɡ)
n(c)
(Brit, = boar) 阉(閹)公猪(豬) (yāngōngzhū) (头, tóu)
(US, = pig) 猪(豬) (zhū) (头, tóu)
vt
[road, telephone etc]占(佔)用 (zhànyòng)
to go the whole hog (inf) 彻(徹)底地干(幹) (chèdǐ de gàn)
(noun)
Definition
a castrated male pig
(US)
a hog farm in Alabama
Synonyms
pig
He keeps poultry, pigs and goats.
swine
porker
(verb)
Definition
to take more than one's share of (something)
(slang)
Have you done hogging the bathroom?
Synonyms
monopolize
They monopolized my time, to the exclusion of my colleagues.
dominate
No company should be permitted to dominate the market.
tie up
corner
This restaurant has cornered the market for specialist paellas.
corner the market in
be a dog in the manger
Additional synonyms
in the sense of corner
Definition
to obtain a monopoly of
This restaurant has cornered the market for specialist paellas.
Synonyms
monopolize,
take over,
dominate,
control,
hog (slang),
engross,
exercise or have a monopoly of
in the sense of dominate
Definition
to control or govern
No company should be permitted to dominate the market.