hog
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog,…Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
» Tom tried to hog all the credit.
Meaning
13 sensesAny animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
Schwein, Hausschwein
свинья́svinʹjá, бо́ровbórov, вепрьveprʹ
свиня́svynjá, кнурknur, кабанkaban
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
(specifically)An adult swine, at or above a certain body weight.
(figuratively, informal)A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.
resource hog
Since the latest upgrade, this program has turned into a CPU hog.
Vielfraß, Sau
скря́гаskrjága, жа́динаžádina
a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
(slang)A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
мо́щный мотоци́клmóščnyj motocíkl
(UK)A young sheep that has not been shorn.
A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
(vulgar)A penis.
(informal)A quahog (clam).
(UK, archaic, countable, historical, slang, uncountable)A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
(UK, countable, historical, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
Examples
34 sentencesTom tried to hog all the credit.
Tom is a hog.
Don't hog the road.
ruНе будьте свиньёй, дайте другим проехать.
They're eating high on the hog.
Вони живуть на широку ногу.
ruОни живут очень даже неплохо.
If I win the lottery, I'll be able to live high on the hog.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English hog, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggFrom Middle English hog, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to beat, hew, forge”).
Clipping of quahog.
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Forms
plural: hogsSynonyms
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