HOG

hog

Noun

  1. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
  2. A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
  3. A large motorcycle, particularly a .
  4. A young sheep that has not been shorn.
  5. A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
  6. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.

Verb

  1. To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
    Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
    2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie, Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
    The 1 air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
  2. To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
  3. To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  4. To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of ).


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