high off the hog

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

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

transitive verb hogged, hogging

1. 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