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hog noun [ hɒɡ ]

• a domesticated pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter.
Similar: pig, sow, swine, porker, piglet, boar, piggy, grunter, baconer,
• a large motorcycle, in particular a Harley Davidson.
• a young sheep before the first shearing.

hog verb

• take or use most or all of (something) in an unfair or selfish way.
• "he never hogged the limelight"
Similar: monopolize, keep to oneself, dominate, take over, corner, control, bogart,
Opposite: share,
• cause (a ship or its keel) to curve up in the centre and sag at the ends as a result of strain.
Origin: late Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’.

go the whole hog

• do something completely or thoroughly.
"George decided to go whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society"

live high on the hog

• have a luxurious lifestyle.



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