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hog wallow

noun

Definition of hog wallow

1 a : a depression in land made by the wallowing of swine
b : a similar depression said to be due to heavy rains
2 : a land surface characterized by numerous low rounded mounds —usually used in plural

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First Known Use of hog wallow

1829

in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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