hog
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowə- (“to beat, hew, forge”). Cognate with Old High German houwan, Old Saxon hauwan, Old English hēawan (English hew). "Hog" originally meant a castrated male pig. (Compare "hoggett" for a castrated male sheep.) More at hew.
Pronunciation
Noun
hog (plural hogs)
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
- A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
Derived terms
Terms derived from hog (noun)
Translations
animal of the family Suidae
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greedy person
large motorcycle
Verb
hog (third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)
- (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.
- (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
Translations
to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others
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to clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /hoɡ/
Noun
hog (plural hogs)
Declension
declension of hog
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | hog | hogs |
| genitive | hoga | hogas |
| dative | hoge | hoges |
| accusative | hogi | hogis |
| predicative | hogu | hogus |
| vocative | o hog! | o hogs! |