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单词 whole-hogging
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whole-hoggingadj.

Brit. /ˌhəʊl ˈhɒɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌhoʊl ˈhɑɡɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English whole hog , -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < whole hog (see to go the whole hog at hog n.1 Phrases 4) + -ing suffix2. Compare earlier whole hog adj.
colloquial.
Thoroughgoing, out-and-out; = whole hog adj.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > thoroughgoing
thorough1566
thoroughgoing1719
whole hog1829
full-blooded1832
whole-hogging1904
saturation1942
1904 Westm. Budget 15 Jan. 5/1 Until Mr. Balfour's denial is equally explicit it is idle for him to pose as the happy mean between the fossilised Free Trader and the whole-hogging Imperialist.
1943 W. Lewis Let. 24 Nov. (1963) 370 He is a whole-hogging Thomist.
1960 Guardian 27 June 7/2 Whole-hogging festival visitors.
2008 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 9 Aug. 30/1 The committee is right in saying that whole-hogging privatisation poses a host of problems.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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