high off the hog

Variant of hog

hog definition

hog (hôg, häg)

noun pl. hogs, hog

  1. any swine, esp. a domesticated adult (Sus scrofa) ready for market, or, in England, a castrated boar
  2. Brit. a young sheep not yet shorn
  3. Informal a selfish, greedy, gluttonous, coarse, or filthy person
  4. Slang a large, heavy motorcycle

Etymology: ME < OE hogg < ? or akin to ON höggva, to cut (akin to OE heawan, hew), in basic sense “castrated”

transitive verb hogged, hogging hog′·ging

    1. to arch (the back) like a hog's
    2. to cause (a ship, keel, etc.) to be higher in the center than at the ends
  2. to trim (a horse's mane) in order to make it bristly
  3. ☆ Slang to grab greedily; take all of or an unfair share of

intransitive verb

to be higher in the center than at the ends, as the bottom of a ship
hog Idioms

go (the) whole hog

Slang to go all the way; do or accept something fully

high on the hog

or high off the hog☆
Informal in a luxurious or costly way

hog wild

☆
Informal highly excited; without moderation or restraint

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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