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Definition of Hog

1. Noun. A person regarded as greedy and pig-like.

2. Verb. Take greedily; take more than one's share.

3. Noun. A sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared.

4. Noun. Domestic swine.

Definition of Hog

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.

3. v. i. 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.

Definition of Hog

1. to take more than one's share [v HOGGED, HOGGING, HOGS]

Medical Definition of Hog

1. 1. A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; especially, 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. 3. A young sheep that has not been shorn. 4. A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. 5. (Paper Manuf) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. Bush hog, Ground hog, etc. See Bush, Ground, etc. Hog caterpillar, the axis deer. Hog gum See Capybara. Origin: 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hog

Hoffa's operation Hoffman Hoffmann Hoffmann's duct Hoffmann's muscular atrophy Hoffmann's phenomenon Hoffmann's reflex Hoffmann's sign Hoffmannsthal Hofmann's bacillus

Hofmeister's operation Hofmeister-Polya anastomosis Hofmeister gastrectomy Hofmeister series hog (current term) hog (current term) hog's-back hog-nosed badger hog-nosed skunk hog-tie

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