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Definitions for Hogs

[1] a hoofed mammal of the family Suidae, order Artiodactyla, comprising boars and swine.
[2] a domesticated swine weighing 120 pounds (54 kg) or more, raised for market.
[3] a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person.
[4] Slang . a large, heavy motorcycle. an impressively large luxury automobile.
[5] Also hogg, hogget. British . a sheep about one year old that has not been shorn. the wool shorn from such a sheep. any of several other domestic animals, as a bullock, that are one year old.
[6] Railroads Slang . a locomotive.
[7] a machine for shredding wood.
[8] Curling . a stone that stops before reaching the hog score.
[9] to appropriate selfishly; take more than one's share of.
[10] to arch (the back) upward like that of a hog.
[11] roach3(def 3) .
[12] (in machine-shop practice) to cut deeply into (a metal bar or slab) to reduce it to a shape suitable for final machining.
[13] to shred (a piece of wood).
[14] Nautical . (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag(def 6a) .
[15] go the whole hog , to proceed or indulge completely and unreservedly: We went the whole hog and took a cruise around the world. Also go whole hog.
[16] live high off /on the hog , to be in prosperous circumstances. Also eat high off the hog.
[17] a domesticated pig, esp a castrated male weighing more than 102 kg
[18] US and Canadian any artiodactyl mammal of the family Suidae; pig
[19] Also: hogg British dialect , Australian and NZ another name for hogget
[20] informal a selfish, greedy, or slovenly person
[21] nautical a stiff brush, for scraping a vessel's bottom
[22] nautical the amount or extent to which a vessel is hogged Compare sag (def. 6)
[23] another word for camber (def. 4)
[24] slang , mainly US a large powerful motorcycle
[25] go the whole hog informal to do something thoroughly or unreservedly if you are redecorating one room, why not go the whole hog and paint the entire house?
[26] live high on the hog or live high off the hog informal , mainly US to have an extravagant lifestyle
[27] slang to take more than one's share of
[28] to arch (the back) like a hog
[29] to cut (the mane) of (a horse) very short

Words related to Hogs

wine, boar, piglet, pig, monopolize, sow, razorback, shoat, porker, piggy, warthog, epicure, gourmand, gorger, cormorant

Words nearby Hogs

hoghofmann, hofmannsthal, hofmeister's operation, hofstadter, hofuf, hog, hog badger, hog cholera, hog fuel, hog heaven, hog latin

Origin of Hogs

1300–50; Middle English; compare Old English hogg- in place-names; perhaps < Celtic; compare Welsh hwch, Cornish hogh swine

Other words from Hogs

hog·like , adjective
un·hogged , adjective

Word origin for Hogs

Old English hogg, from Celtic; compare Cornish hoch

Synonyms for Hogs

boar, piglet, swine, piggy, porker, razorback, shoat, sow, warthog, cob roller, oinker