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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hog•gish (hô′gish, hog′ish),USA pronunciation adj. - like or befitting a hog.
- selfish;
gluttonous;
filthy.
- late Middle English. See hog, -ish1 1425–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hoggish /ˈhɒɡɪʃ/ adj - selfish, gluttonous, or dirty
hog /hɔg, hɑg/USA pronunciation n., v., hogged, hog•ging. n. [countable] - Animal Husbandrya pig or a swine, esp. one grown for eating.
- a selfish or filthy person.
v. [~ + object] - to take more than one's share of:He hogged all the food at the cookout.
Idioms- Idioms go (the) whole hog, to do something thoroughly:Let's go whole hog and re-do the entire kitchen.
- Idioms live or eat high off or on the hog, [no obj] to live very comfortably and prosperously.
hog•gish, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hog (hôg, hog),USA pronunciation n., v., hogged, hog•ging. n. - Mammalsa hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
- Animal Husbandrya domesticated swine weighing 120 lb. (54 kg) or more, raised for market.
- a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.
- Slang Terms
- a large, heavy motorcycle.
- an impressively large luxury automobile.
- Also, hogg, hogget. [Brit.]
- Animal Husbandrya sheep about one year old that has not been shorn.
- Animal Husbandrythe wool shorn from such a sheep.
- Animal Husbandryany of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.
- Rail Transporta locomotive.
- Mechanical Engineeringa machine for shredding wood.
- Sport[Curling.]a stone that stops before reaching the hog score.
- Idioms 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.
- Idioms live high off or on the hog, to be in prosperous circumstances. Also, eat high off the hog.
v.t. - to appropriate selfishly;
take more than one's share of. - to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.
- roach3 (def. 3).
- Mechanical Engineering(in machine-shop practice) to cut deeply into (a metal bar or slab) to reduce it to a shape suitable for final machining.
- Mechanical Engineeringto shred (a piece of wood).
v.i. - Naval Terms[Naut.](of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness;
arch. Cf. sag (def. 6a).
- Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh swine
- 1300–50; Middle English; compare Old English hogg- in place-names; perh.
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