hog 1 of 2

as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food

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hog

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verb

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Recent Examples of hog
Noun
The fine hogged the headlines but of importance to Chelsea in the here and now was the sporting sanction handed out. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 7 July 2025 From a mini waffle maker to a rapid egg cooker, these tiny kitchen appliances are easy on the wallet and don’t hog space. Matthew Korfhage, Wired News, 29 June 2025
Verb
He was accused of operating an unlicensed hog farm on his property and disposing hog manure in nearby lagoons. Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Sep. 2025 Later in episode 10, Peggy wants to invest her portion of her nest egg in a wild pig-hunting business in order to clear Redcorn’s farm of invasive feral hogs. Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
Noun
  • It's been unclear if the pig belonged to anyone or escaped from somewhere.
    Jade Jackson, IndyStar, 5 Oct. 2025
  • The farm features corn mazes, hot apple cider donuts, pig races and princess and prince shows.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Last year, a federal judge ruled against Google in an antitrust case that Khan filed against it for monopolizing the search advertising market.
    Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, a Washington federal judge last year found the company illegally monopolized online search, in a separate case brought by the Justice Department.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Nun pops out of a wall, a demon appears on a bed, crosses start to spin, a possessed figure scampers across the ceiling and a man with an axe cornered me in a random closet.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Dick's Sporting Goods completed its acquisition of the popular sneaker chain this week as part of a strategic plan to corner the Nike wholesale sneaker market.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet she isn’t allowed to bogart the apercus; each of the characters gets a chance to shine, though some all but cry out for larger parts, larger lily pads on which to brood.
    Rhoda Feng, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
  • In Schutz’s attempt to reflect reality, her own gestures bogart the image, reopening a decades-old wound without bringing a new dimension of understanding to it.
    Kimberly Drew, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2022
Verb
  • Republicans have opposed public funding for meals consumed by students whose families can afford to pay for the food.
    Clara Hendrickson, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Odell emphasized that the structure of Studio DRBZ was well suited to the way content is created and consumed in the social media age.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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