n. & v.
--n.
1. a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a wart-hog.
2 colloq. a greedy person.
3 (also hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing.
--v. (hogged, hogging)
1. tr. colloq. take greedily; hoard selfishly.
2 tr. & intr. raise (the back), or rise in an arch in the centre.
Phrases and idioms:
go the whole hog colloq. do something completely or thoroughly. hog-tie US
1. secure by fastening the hands and feet or all four feet together.
2 restrain, impede.
Derivatives:
hogger n. hoggery n. hoggish adj. hoggishly adv. hoggishness n. hoglike adj.
Etymology: OE hogg, hocg, perh. of Celt. orig.