hedgeˈhog noun

1. A small prickly-backed insectivorous animal that lives in hedges and bushes, considered to have a pig-like snout
2. A prickly fruit, or prickly-fruited plant
3. Someone whose manners keep others at a distance
4. An offensive person
5. A small, strongly fortified, defensive position (milit sl)

hedgeˈ-hop intransitive verb (informal)

To fly low in an aircraft as if hopping over hedges

hedgeˈ-hyssop noun

A plant (genus Gratiola) of the figwort family

hedgeˈ-marriage noun

A clandestine marriage

hedgeˈ-mustard noun

A tall stiff cruciferous roadside weed (Sisymbrium officinale) with small yellow flowers, or a related species

hedgeˈ-parsley noun

An umbelliferous roadside weed (Torilis or Caucalis) with leaves rather like parsley

hedgeˈ-parson or hedgeˈ-priest noun

A disreputable, vagrant, or illiterate parson or priest

hedgeˈpig noun

A hedgehog

hedgeˈrow noun

A line of hedge, often with trees

hedgeˈ-school noun

1. An open-air school, common in Ireland in the 17c and 18c during the ban on Catholic education
2. A poorly equipped school

hedgeˈ-schoolmaster noun

hedge sparrow or formerly also hedge warbler noun

The dunnock (Prunella modularis), a small bird that frequents hedges, superficially like a sparrow but with a more slender bill

hedge trimmer noun

An electric tool for cutting back hedges, shrubs, etc

hedgeˈ-writer noun

A Grub Street author, a hack