n.
- a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter.
- informal a greedy person.
- informal a large motorcycle.
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(also hogg)
dialect a young sheep before the first shearing.
v.
(hogs, hogging, hogged)
- informal take or hoard selfishly.
- distort (a ship) by supporting the centre and allowing the bow and stern to droop.
Phrase
- go the whole hog
informal do something completely or thoroughly.
Derivative
- hogger n.
- hoggery n.
- hoggish adj.
- hoggishly adv.
- hog-like adj.
Etymology
OE hogg, hocg, perh. of Celtic origin.
