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hog

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. hog (verb)
  2. hog in (verb)
  3. hog out (verb)

2hog

verb
hoggedhog·ging

Definition of HOG

transitive verb
1
: to cut (a horse's mane) short : roach
2
: to cause to arch
3
: to take in excess of one's due <hog the credit>
4
: to tear up or shred (as waste wood) into bits by machine
intransitive verb
: to become curved upward in the middle —used of a ship's bottom or keel
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Examples of HOG

  1. He's been hogging the remote control all night.

First Known Use of HOG

1769

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