From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhoghog1 /hɒɡ $ hɑːɡ, hɒːɡ/ noun [countable] 1 especially American EnglishHBA a large pig that is kept for its meat → boar, sow2 → go the whole hog3 → go hog wild4 informalGREEDY someone who takes too much of something that should be shared SYN pig You greedy hog! → road hog
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hog• Don't be such a hog.• When living high on the corporate hog, you learn to spend as much as possible.• There was my car, like a mad old hog caught in mid-spasm, its snout and tusks crushed and steaming.• The lowland races, though, are not much larger than the red river hog.• And a couple of times a year, they would slaughter the hogs or heifers that provided year-round protein.• Ellen, you want to go to the sheep barn or to the hogs?• He shuddered, reminded for some reason of a debris tIed hog.• And when you've claimed that much land, why not go the whole hog and put a roof over it as well.• The Siemens display goes the whole hog.hoghog2 verb (hogged, hogging) [transitive] informalUSE/CONSUME to keep, use, or have all of something that should be shared How much longer are you going to hog the bathroom? He’s been hogging the limelight (=having all the attention, praise etc).→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
hog• It's just that Diana hogs all the photo opportunities.• Mom, Pam's hogging the bathroom again!• Dredge tried to hog the credit, but it's clear to me where it really belongs.• You're presenting a message, not hogging the limelight!• She gave him little room on the seat, hogging the middle.• But Hillary keeps hogging those funerals.Origin hog1 Old English hogg 