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hog

hog
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hawg, hog]
    • /hɔg, hɒg/
    • /hɒɡ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hawg, hog]
    • /hɔg, hɒg/

Definitions of hog word

  • noun hog a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine. 1
  • noun hog a domesticated swine weighing 120 pounds (54 kg) or more, raised for market. 1
  • noun hog a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person. 1
  • noun hog Slang. a large, heavy motorcycle. an impressively large luxury automobile. 1
  • noun hog Also, hogg, hogget. British. a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep. any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old. 1
  • noun hog Railroads Slang. a locomotive. 1

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Origin of hog

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English; compare Old English hogg- in place-names; perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh swine

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Hog

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

hog popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

hog usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for hog

verb hog

  • monopolize — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
  • gobble up — to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.
  • monopolise — to acquire, have, or exercise a monopoly of.
  • take over — the act of taking.
  • keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.

noun hog

  • pig — an earthenware crock, pot, pitcher, or jar.
  • boar — A boar or a wild boar is a wild pig.
  • piglet — a little pig.
  • swine — any stout, cloven-hoofed artiodactyl of the Old World family Suidae, having a thick hide sparsely covered with coarse hair, a disklike snout, and an often short, tasseled tail: now of worldwide distribution and hunted or raised for its meat and other products. Compare hog, pig1 , wild boar.
  • piggy — a small or young pig.

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