hog

CEFRC1

/hɒɡ/

noun · verb

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  1. 01

    noun

    A pig, especially one kept for farming.

  2. 02

    verb

    To take or use more than your fair share.

Examples

  • If I win the lottery, I'll be able to live high on the hog.

  • The authorities released fifteen neglected pigs from a hog barn.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one.

  2. An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).

  3. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.

More examples

In context

  • They're eating high on the hog.

  • Since the latest upgrade, this program has turned into a CPU hog.

  • Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English hog, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to beat, hew, forge”). Cognate with Old High German houwan, Old Saxon hauwan, Old English hēawan (English hew). Hog originally meant a castrated male pig, hence a sense of “the cut one”. (Compare hogget for a castrated male sheep.) More at hew. Alternatively from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European *suH- and thus cognate with Welsh hwch (“sow”) and Cornish hogh (“pig”).