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单词 road hog
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road hog

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noun

a driver who obstructs traffic by occupying parts of two lanes.

Origin of road hog

First recorded in 1890–95

OTHER WORDS FROM road hog

road-hoggish, adjectiveroad-hoggism, noun

Words nearby road hog

roadeo, road-fund licence, road gang, roadguard, road hockey, road hog, roadholding, roadhouse, road hump, roadie, road kill
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Example sentences from the Web for road hog

  • One hopes that practice with the Indian variety may help them in their chase of the Uhlan road-hog.

    Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914|Various

British Dictionary definitions for road hog

road hog

noun

informal a selfish or aggressive driver
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Idioms and Phrases with road hog

road hog

A motorist whose vehicle straddles two traffic lanes, as in Stay in your own lane, you road hog! This expression uses hog in the sense of “a greedy or selfish person.” [Colloquial; late 1800s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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