hog Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
    pig.
  2. noun a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
    hogget; hogg.
  3. noun domestic swine
    grunter; squealer; Sus scrofa; pig.
  4. verb take greedily; take more than one's share

WordNet

Hog noun
Etymology
Prob. akin to E. hack to cut, and meaning orig., a castrated boar; cf. also W. hwch swine, sow, Armor. houc'h, hoc'h. Cf. Haggis, Hogget, and Hoggerel.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidæ; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow. ✍ The domestic hogs of Siam, China, and parts of Southern Europe, are thought to have been derived from Sus Indicus.
  2. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. Low.
  3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. Eng.
  4. (Naut.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Totten.
  5. (Paper Manuf.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
Hog transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Hogged ; present participle & verbal noun Hogging
Definitions
  1. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. Smart.
  2. (Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
Hog intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; -- said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

Webster 1913