HOG

I. noun (plural ~s; also ~) Etymology: Middle English ~ge, from Old English ~g Date: 14th century a domestic swine especially when weighing more than 120 pounds (54 kilograms), a young unshorn sheep, 3. a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person, one that uses something to excess , II. verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1769 transitive verb to cut (a horse's mane) short ; roach , to cause to arch, to take in excess of one's due , to tear up or shred (as waste wood) into bits by machine, intransitive verb to become curved upward in the middle