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单词 hog
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hog

[ hawg, hog ]
/ hɔg, hɒg /
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noun

verb (used with object), hogged, hog·ging.

verb (used without object), hogged, hog·ging.

Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch.Compare sag (def. 6a).

Idioms for hog

    go the whole hog, to proceed or indulge completely and unreservedly: We went the whole hog and took a cruise around the world.Also go whole hog.
    live high off / on the hog, to be in prosperous circumstances.Also eat high off the hog.

Origin of hog

First recorded before 1100; Middle English hoge, Old English hogg; further origin uncertain; perhaps from Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh “swine”

OTHER WORDS FROM hog

hoglike, adjectiveun·hogged, adjective

Words nearby hog

Hofmann, Hofmannsthal, Hofmeister's operation, Hofstadter, Hofuf, hog, hogan, Hogarth, Hogarth chair, HO gauge, hogback
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British Dictionary definitions for hog

hog
/ (hɒɡ) /

noun

verb hogs, hogging or hogged (tr)

Derived forms of hog

hogger, nounhoglike, adjective

Word Origin for hog

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch
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Idioms and Phrases with hog

hog

see go hog wild; go whole hog; high off the hog; road hog.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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