hog
- noun
- /hɔg/
- Offensive
- Don't be such a hog; share the food with everyone instead.
As human beings, our brains are absolute energy hogs.
- As human beings, our brains are absolute energy hogs.
- I mean, just, and I know that it's an issue and I know we have to deal with it, but as a woman, I'm just like, can you guys just fucking quit being stage hogs all the time?
Examples
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The network CEO, a hog of a man, cuts him off.
Fiction book (2002) -
Why, Sam Griffin, you haven't got the modesty of a hog!
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No good being a hog, sir.
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I should have stayed with her; I'd be living high on the hog right now.
Fiction book (2001) -
You're a ball hog, just like your dad!
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Don't be a hog, Dundy.
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Just ask all those guys living high off the hog, like Michael Moore and Noam Chomsky.
Blog text (27) -
We'll get some chickens, a tractor, a few acres-- why, we'll be living so high off the hog the hens'll be laying fried eggs.
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As for me... when you want a good laugh... you will find me, in a fine state... fat and sleek... a true hog of Epicurus' herd.
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After winning the game, Jason became a hog and wouldn't let anyone else play.
Synonyms
A person who is greedy and rude in how they act
Something that uses a large amount of fuel, power, or data
A person who eats or takes more than their fair share of food
A person who eats too much food
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
A wild animal like a pig that is active at night and lives in North and South America
A low evergreen shrub with small white flowers and red berries whose leaves turn red in autumn
- US
A large sea fish that lives in the western Atlantic and whose male has a head like a pig's snout
- Specialized
A large skunk with a bare, pig-like snout and a white back and tail from southwestern North America
A wild pig with a thin body, long legs, and a ridged back found in the southeastern United States
A wild pig with a raised ridge along its back that lives in the southern United States
How Greedy
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word hog was used by comparing a person to the animal, because pigs were seen as eating too much and being greedy. So calling someone a hog means they take more than their fair share.