warthog

wart·hog

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [wawrt-hawg, -hog]
- /ˈwɔrtˌhɔg, -ˌhɒg/
- /ˈwɔːt.hɒɡ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wawrt-hawg, -hog]
- /ˈwɔrtˌhɔg, -ˌhɒg/

Definitions of warthog word

noun warthog an African wild swine, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, having large tusks and warty protuberances on the face. 1
noun warthog An African wild pig with bristly gray skin, a large head, warty lumps on the face, and curved tusks. 1
noun warthog African swine with tusks 1
countable noun warthog A warthog is a wild pig with two large teeth that curve upwards at the sides of its mouth. Warthogs live in Africa. 0
noun warthog a wild pig, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, of southern and E Africa, having heavy tusks, wartlike protuberances on the face, and a mane of coarse hair 0

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Origin of warthog

First appearance:

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

First recorded in 1830-40; wart + hog

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Parts of speech for Warthog

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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warthog popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for warthog

noun warthog

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.

All 10 Synonyms of warthog