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- pronunciation:
- hag
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hawg
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- phrases:
- go whole hog, live high on (or off) the hog
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a domestic pig or swine, esp. one that weighs over 120 pounds, raised for meat.
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| definition 2: |
any of various related mammals, including some wild species such as the boar.
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| definition 3: |
(informal) a greedy, gluttonous, or filthy person.
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| related words: |
glutton |
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| phrase: |
go whole hog, live high on (or off) the hog |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
hogs, hogging, hogged |
| definition: |
(informal) to take an unfair or unjustified amount of.
He hogged all the butter. |
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| derivation: |
hoglike (adj.) |
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