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hog  (hôg, hg)

n.

1.

a. Any of various mammals of the family Suidae, which includes the domesticated pig as well as wild species, such as the boar and the wart hog.

b. A domesticated pig, especially one weighing over 54 kilograms (120 pounds).

2.

a. A self-indulgent, gluttonous, or filthy person.

b. One that uses too much of something.

3. also hogg

a. Chiefly British A young sheep before it has been shorn.

b. The wool from this type of sheep.

4. Slang A big, heavy motorcycle.

v. hogged, hog·ging, hogs

v.tr.

1. Informal To take more than one's share of: Don't hog the couch.

2. To cause (the back) to arch like that of a hog.

3. To cut (a horse's mane) short and bristly.

4. To shred (waste wood, for example) by machine.

v.intr.

Nautical To arch upward in the middle. Used of a ship's keel.

Idiom:

high on/off the hog Slang

In a lavish or extravagant manner: lived high on the hog after getting his inheritance.

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[Middle English, from Old English hogg, possibly of Celtic origin; see s- in Indo-European roots.]

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hog

Noun

1. a castrated male pig

2. US & Canad any mammal of the pig family

3. Informal a greedy person

4. go the whole hog Slang to do something in the most complete way possible

Verb

[hogging, hogged]

Slang to take more than one's share of (something) [Old English hogg]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	hog - a person regarded as greedy and pig-like pig selfish person - a person who is unusually selfish
	2.	hog - a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared hogget, hogg lamb - young sheep
	3.	hog - domestic swine pig, squealer, Sus scrofa, grunter swine - stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals genus Sus, Sus - type genus of the Suidae porker - a pig fattened to provide meat trotter - foot of a pig or sheep especially one used as food porc, pork - meat from a domestic hog or pig lard - soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog
Verb	1.	hog - take greedily; take more than one's share snaffle, snap up, grab - get hold of or seize quickly and easily; "I snapped up all the good buys during the garage sale"

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hog

verb (Slang) monopolize, dominate, tie up, corner, corner the market in, be a dog in the manger

Translations

hog [hɔg] n → cerdo, puerco

vt (fig) → acaparar;

to go the whole hog → echar el todo por el todo

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hog [hɔg] n → porc (châtré)

vt (fig) → accaparer;

to go the whole hog → aller jusqu'au bout

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hog [hɔg] n → (Mast)schwein nt

vt (road) → für sich beanspruchen;

(telephone etc) → in Beschlag nehmen;

to go the whole hog → Nägel mit Köpfen machen

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hog [hɔg] n → maiale m

vt (fig) → arraffare;

to go the whole hog → farlo fino in fondo