hog in English dictionary

  • hog

    Meanings and definitions of "hog"

    • Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
    • A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
    • (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
    • (transitive) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
    • (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
    • noun
      Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
    • noun
      (specifically)
      An adult swine ( contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
    • noun
      A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
    • noun
      (slang)
      A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
    • noun
      (Britain)
      A young sheep that has not been shorn.
    • noun
      (nautical)
      A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
    • noun
      A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
    • noun
      (Britain, historical, archaic slang, countable and uncountable)
      A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
    • noun
      (Britain, historical, obsolete slang, countable and uncountable)
      A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
    • noun
      (Britain, historical, obsolete slang, countable and uncountable)
      A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
    • noun
      (informal)
      A quahog ( clam)
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
    • verb
      (nautical)
      To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
    • verb
      (transitive, nautical)
      To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
    • animal belonging to the family Suidae
    • noun
      a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
    • noun
      a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
    • noun
      domestic swine
    • verb
      take greedily; take more than one's share

    Synonyms of "hog" in English dictionary

    hogg, grab, swine are the top synonyms of "hog" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of hog

    • lm  liczba mnoga hogs
    • hog ( plural  hogs)
    • hog ( third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)
    • hog (plural hogs)
    • hog (third-person singular simple present hogs, present participle hogging, simple past and past participle hogged)
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