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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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
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 Wallace is a goat-owning, hog-hunting, anime-loving, fast-talking personification of energy. Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hog
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
Noun
  • Born on a pig farm in small-town Minnesota, Lehmann is an alum of Harvard University and UCB who frequently develops for TV, having most recently sold half-hour sitcoms to CBS, ABC, and Freeform.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Her radical friend Anja, however, goes too far, poisoning pig feed with a strange black liquid that gradually turns the pigs into bloodthirsty zombies.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 27 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • The Department of Justice sued in 2024 to seek a breakup of Live Nation and Ticketmaster, accusing them of monopolizing markets across the live concert industry.
    Jody Godoy, USA Today, 19 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
  • Fans are already consuming an increasing number of clips captured on other viewers’ phones, offering unique angles of game-changing plays or gnarly injuries mixed with the fan reactions that make those moments so compelling.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • An Oktoberfest board includes a sausage, two soft pretzels, cheese sauce, German mustard, sauerkraut and radi, or German radish that is typically consumed with beer.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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