HOG


Meaning of HOG in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hɒg, AM hɔ:g ]

( hogs, hogging, hogged)

1.

A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male pig that has been castrated, but in American English it can refer to any kind of pig.

N-COUNT

2.

If you hog something, you take all of it in a greedy or impolite way. ( INFORMAL )

Have you done hogging the bathroom?...

VERB : V n

3.

see also road hog

4.

If you go the whole hog , you do something bold or extravagant in the most complete way possible. ( INFORMAL )

Well, I thought, I’ve already lost half my job, I might as well go the whole hog and lose it completely.

PHRASE : V inflects

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