hog Definition

hog
noun

(N Amer, especially US)
1. A general name for pig.
2. A castrated boar.
3. A pig reared specifically for slaughter.
4. colloq
A greedy, inconsiderate and often coarse person.
5. A young sheep or yearling, yet to be shorn.

Form: hogg (also)

verb hogged, hogging

1. colloq
To take, use or occupy something selfishly.
2. To cut short like a hog's mane.
tr & intr
3. To eat in a hoggish manner.
tr & intr
4. Especially said of the hull of a ship: to arch or hump like a hog's back.

Derivative: hoggish
adj

Derivative: hoggishly
adverb

Derivative: hoggishness
noun

Idiom: go the whole hog

To carry out or do something completely.

Idiom: hog it

To eat greedily.

To live in an unkempt and slovenly manner.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hogg.