WHOLE HOG

Meaning of WHOLE HOG in English

every effort, all your energy, gung ho

When I play racquetball, I work hard. I go whole hog.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

WHOLE HOG — I. noun Date: 1828 the whole way or farthest limit, II. adverb Date: 1844 to the fullest extent ; without …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHOLE-HOG — adjective Date: 1829 committed without reservation ; thoroughgoing
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHOLE HOG — noun : the whole way or farthest limit : all they are the “ whole hog or none” variety — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHOLE-HOG — /hohl"hawg", -hog"/ , adj. Informal. complete and thorough; wholehearted. [ 1820-30 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE HOG — Informal. 1. the furthest extent; everything: With them it was whole hog or nothing. 2. go whole hog , to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE-HOG — adj. entire, whole; all-inclusive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHOLE HOG — adv. everything, completely, entirely; thoroughly; with all one's heart
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHOLE HOG — I. noun Date: 1828 : the whole way or farthest limit — usually used adverbially in the phrase go the …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHOLE-HOG — Date: 1829 : committed without reservation : thoroughgoing a whole-hog patriot
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHOLE-HOG — Function: adjective Date: 1829 : committed without reservation : THOROUGHGOING <a whole-hog patriot>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHOLE HOG — Function: adverb Date: 1844 : to the fullest extent : without reservation : COMPLETELY <accepting whole hog the standards ⋯ …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHOLE HOG — Function: noun Date: 1828 : the whole way or farthest limit ― usually used adverbially in the phrase go the …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHOLE-HOG — [whole-hog] adj (1829): committed without reservation: thoroughgoing "a ~ patriot"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHOLE HOG — [whole hog] n (1829): the whole way or farthest limit--usu. used adverbially in the phrase go the whole hog [2]whole …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHOLE HOG — Noun. (the) The complete amount. {Informal}.
Slang English vocab
WHOLE-HOG — Function: adjective Synonyms: EXHAUSTIVE , complete, full-dress, thorough, thoroughgoing
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WHOLE-HOG — adjective Synonyms: exhaustive , complete, full-dress, thorough, thoroughgoing
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHOLE HOG — n. ( colloq. ) ( esp. AE ) the whole way to go (the) ~
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
WHOLE HOG — See: GO THE WHOLE HOG.
Словарь английских идиом
WHOLE HOG — every effort, all your energy, gung ho When I play racquetball, I work hard. I go whole hog.
English Idioms vocab
WHOLE-HOG — (разговорное) всецело; полностью, до конца; беззаветно не останавливаясь ни перед чем; ничего не жалея
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHOLE-HOG — adv разг. 1> всецело; полностью, до конца; беззаветно 2> не останавливаясь ни перед чем; ничего не жалея
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHOLE HOG — (n) беззаветно; ничего не жалея; полностью
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WHOLE HOG — (0) всецело; до конца; не останавливаясь ни перед чем
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
WHOLE-HOG — adv разг. 1) всецело; полностью, до конца; беззаветно 2) не останавливаясь ни перед чем; ничего не жалея
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WHOLE-HOG — adv разг. 1> всецело; полностью, до конца; беззаветно 2> не останавливаясь ни перед чем; ничего не жалея
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHOLE-HOG — (разговорное) всецело; полностью, до конца; беззаветно не останавливаясь ни перед чем; ничего не жалея
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHOLE — I. ˈhōl, dial ˈhəl or with a vowel approaching ə adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOG — I. ˈhȯg, -ä- noun ( plural hogs also hog ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English hogge, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHOLE — — wholeness , n. /hohl/ , adj. 1. comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOG — — hoglike , adj. /hawg, hog/ , n. , v. , hogged, hogging . n. 1. a hoofed mammal of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. ˈhōl adjective Etymology: Middle English hool healthy, unhurt, entire, from Old English hāl; akin to Old High German heil …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOG — I. ˈhȯg, ˈhäg noun ( plural hogs also hog ) Etymology: Middle English hogge, from Old English hogg Date: 14th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHOLE — noun a regular combination of parts; a system. 2. whole ·adj possessing, or being in a state of, heath and …
Webster English vocab
HOG — noun a mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. 2. hog ·noun a young sheep that has not been shorn. 3. hog …
Webster English vocab
WHOLE — [whole] adj [ME hool healthy, unhurt, entire, fr. OE hal; akin to OHG heil healthy, unhurt, ON heill, OCS celu] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOG — [hog] n, pl hogs also hog [ME hogge, fr. OE hogg] (14c) 1: a domestic swine esp. when weighing more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHOLE — / həʊl; NAmE hoʊl/ adjective , noun ■ adjective 1. [ only before noun ] full; complete : He spent …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOG
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. whole 1 S1 W1 /həʊl $ hoʊl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ whole , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOG — I. hog 1 /hɒɡ $ hɑːɡ, hɒːɡ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: hogg ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHOLE — adj. & n. --adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOG — n. & v. --n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHOLE — adj. & n. adj. 1 in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOG — n. & v. n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHOLE — adj. & n. --adj. 1. in an uninjured, unbroken, intact, or undiminished state (swallowed it whole; there is not a …
Oxford English vocab
HOG — n. & v. --n. 1. a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several …
Oxford English vocab
WHOLE — ( wholes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you refer to …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOG — ( hogs, hogging, hogged) 1. A hog is a pig. In British English, hog usually refers to a large male …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHOLE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a full/whole week (= every day in a week ) ▪ I can't believe …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOG — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES memory hog road hog COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE whole ▪ You could hire …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHOLE — [noun]Two halves make a whole (= a complete thing). [C]You must consider each problem as an aspect of the whole …
Cambridge English vocab
WHOLE — See: ALL THE WAY or THE WHOLE WAY, GO THE WHOLE HOG, ON THE WHOLE, WITH A WHOLE SKIN or …
Slang English vocab
HOG — See: EAT (LIVE) HIGH ON THE HOG or EAT (LIVE) HIGH OFF THE HOG, GO THE WHOLE HOG or GO …
Slang English vocab
HOG — A shilling. To drive one's hogs; to snore: the noise made by some persons in snoring, being not much unlike …
Slang English vocab
WHOLE — n. heart whole on the whole whole hog whole length whole number whole souled
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
WHOLE — I. adjective 1. free from damage, defect, or flaw feared the eggs were broken but found them whole Synonyms: entire, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHOLE — See ↑ ALL/EVERYTHING 2, ↑ COMPLETE/NOT COMPLETE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be sb's whole life • ↑ on the whole/all …
Longman Activator English vocab
WHOLE — n. 25B6; adjective the whole report : ENTIRE, complete, full, unabridged, uncut. a whole marble mantelpiece : INTACT, in one …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOG — 1. Favoured term to describe programs or hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
WHOLE — adj. 1 entire, complete, uncut, full, intact, unbroken, total I can't believe she ate the whole chicken Were you here …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOG — See: EAT (LIVE) HIGH ON THE HOG or EAT (LIVE) HIGH OFF THE HOG, GO THE WHOLE HOG or GO …
Словарь английских идиом
HOG — 1. Favored term to describe programs or hardware that seem to eat far more than their share of a system's …
Jargon File English vocabulary
WHOLE — noun BAD : As a whole, I am very happy here. GOOD : On the whole, I am very happy …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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