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to hog

to hog

33 5.3
To take or use more than your fair share
  • verb
  • /hɔg/
translation icon : acaparar
  • He just wanted to hog the spotlight!
  • hog the spotlight
  • hog the limelight
  • hog the credit

Examples

  • I don't want to hog them.

  • The guy who hogs all the hot water?

  • We're just going to start here because in Germany they know not to hog the left lane.

  • And we're gonna hog the bathroom, too.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • You know, does the, does the professor get to, you know, hog some of the supplies to do this thing?

  • Yeah, you always hog the fondue.

  • I don't want to hog it.

  • Thanks, there was more I wanted to say, but I didn't want to hog the front page.

  • Don't hog all those scones, Tibby.

  • Don't try to hog all the snacks at the party; share them with everyone.

Antonyms

1.0

To let other people use or have part of something

883 2.7

To give money, help, or ideas to make something work

Idioms

5 8.2

Have a very comfortable life with lots of money

Something that has no real purpose or value

Compounds

ball hog
  • Offensive
3 7.7

A player who keeps the ball and rarely passes to teammates

road hog
  • Offensive
1 6.8

A driver who takes more than their share of the road and blocks other cars

9.9

A wild animal like a pig that is active at night and lives in North and South America

9.9

A small sea animal like a dolphin that lives near coasts and eats fish

hog badger
  • Indian
9.9

A small wild animal with a long pig-like nose found in Southeast Asia

hog cholera
  • Archaic
8.3

A very contagious disease of pigs that causes fever and often death

9.9

A low evergreen shrub with small white flowers and red berries whose leaves turn red in autumn

hog-face
  • Informal
9.9

An exaggerated face people make to show disgust or disapproval

A grass that grows once a year for its grain and is used as animal feed

9.9

A small freshwater fish that lives in warm clear shallow streams in North America

9.9

A vine with purple flowers that makes edible pods underground like peanuts

9.9

A small bush with edible fruits that are yellow or red

8.8

A small tree or shrub that produces edible yellow fruit

8.8

A small yellow or red fruit with a sour taste

9.9

A large sea fish that lives in the western Atlantic and whose male has a head like a pig's snout

9.9

A freshwater fish with a large mouth and lips that act like a cup

hog town
  • Informal
8.4

A busy town known for pig farming and lively markets

9.7

A badger from Southeast Asia that uses a pig-like nose to dig

hog-nosed skunk
  • Specialized
9.8

A large skunk with a bare, pig-like snout and a white back and tail from southwestern North America

9.3

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 Much

to monopolize
  • US
22 6.7
to hog
33 5.3
to use
1.0

Surface Forms

hog infinitive
hogged past
hogged past participle
hogging present participle
hogs third person singular

Etymology

The verb hog comes from the noun hog and simply means 'to act like a hog' — to take or use more than your share. So when you hog something, you are keeping too much for yourself.