hog
Noun:
- A domesticated pig, especially a castrated male raised for slaughter: Refers to the animal, Sus scrofa domesticus.
- A young sheep before its first shearing: (Regional) A sheep that is less than one year old.
- A greedy, selfish, or gluttonous person: (Figurative) A person who takes or consumes more than their fair share.
Verb:
- To take or use something selfishly or greedily: To appropriate more than one's fair portion of something.
- To arch or curve upwards: (Of a surface) To rise in the middle.
Noun:
- The farmer raised several hogs for market.
- (Regional) That field is for the hogs before their first shearing.
- Don't be such a hog with the cookies; leave some for others!
Verb:
- He hogged the remote control all evening, so no one else could choose a show.
- The old wooden floor had begun to hog over the years.
"To go the whole hog": To do something completely or thoroughly, without holding back.
- We decided to go the whole hog and renovate the entire house, not just the kitchen.
"Hog in armour": (Archaic/Idiomatic) A person who is clumsy or awkward in fine clothes; someone who looks uncomfortable and out of place in a formal or elegant setting.
- In his new, ill-fitting suit, he felt like a hog in armour at the gala.
Road hog (n): A driver who uses more than their share of the road, obstructing others.
- That road hog in the pickup truck won't let anyone pass.
Hogwash (n): Nonsense, foolish talk.
- His excuse for being late was pure hogwash.
Hog-tie (v): To tie the hands and feet of a person or animal together.
- The ranchers had to hog-tie the calf for medical treatment.
- Noun (animal): Pig, swine, boar.
- Noun (person): Glutton, pig, greedy-guts.
- Verb: Monopolize, dominate, corner.
Hog the road: To drive in a way that prevents others from passing or using their lane.
- The slow-moving truck was hogging the road on the mountain pass.
Hog the limelight/spotlight: To deliberately attract and keep all the attention for oneself.
- The lead actor tended to hog the limelight during interviews.
"Eat like a hog": To eat very greedily and messily.
- After the game, the teenagers ate like hogs.
"Hog wild": To become very excited, unruly, or out of control.
- The crowd went hog wild when the band played their biggest hit.
- domestic swine
- a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
- a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
- take greedily; take more than one's share