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What (who) is hog - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
HOG; Hogs; Hog (disambiguation)
Hog
·noun A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.
II. Hog ·noun A young sheep that has not been shorn.
III. Hog ·vt To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
IV. Hog ·vt To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.
V. Hog ·noun A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
VI. Hog ·noun A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
VII. Hog ·vi To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back;
- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.
VIII. Hog ·noun A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; ·esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.
hog
n.
Swine, porker, grunter.
hog
¦ noun
1. a pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter.
2. informal a greedy person.
3. informal a large motorcycle.
4. (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing.
¦ verb (hogs, hogging, hogged)
1. informal take or hoard selfishly.
2. distort (a ship) by supporting the centre and allowing the bow and stern to droop.
Phrases
go the whole hog informal do something completely or thoroughly.
Derivatives
hogger noun
hoggery noun
hoggish adjective
hoggishly adverb
hog-like adjective
Origin
OE hogg, hocg, perh. of Celtic origin.
Examples of use of hog
1. In Nebraska, hog production has remained roughly flat, while the number of hog–farming operations has been steadily dropping, observers say.
2. It will turn hog manure into small, dry fertilizer pellets.
3. Fifty years ago, the hog slaughter film by Arthur P.
4. The government scored some initial wins: Missouri–based Premium Standard Farms agreed to monitor emissions at its hog farms in 1''', and the company has spent $'.5 million on technology that converts hog waste and emissions into commercial dry fertilizer.
5. Mazylewski said prices for a pint of beer at the Hog Haus could rise 25 cents.