hogged

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
  1. to trim (a horse's mane) in order to make it bristly
  2. 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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