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variants also hog
plural of hog
as in pigs
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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hogs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hog

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Noun
  • Their pigs apparently swear by it.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Some show pigs go back to breeders.
    Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, although India's demand growth in percentage and volume terms exceeds China's growth in the EIA's forecast, the latter still consumes significantly more oil.
    Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
  • During that brief life, the serverless function consumes some amount of memory and CPU.
    Matt Butcher, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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“Hogs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hogs. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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