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Hogs
Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
📖 Definitions of "Hogs"
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Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
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(specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
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A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
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A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
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To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
"Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets."
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To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
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To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
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To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
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To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
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A quahog (clam)
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hogs"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| pignoun | (countable) Any of several mammalian species of the family Suidae, having cloven hooves, bristles and a snout adapted for digging; especially the domesticated animal Sus domesticus. |
| hoggnoun | A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth; a hogget. |
| hoggetnoun | (chiefly UK, New Zealand) The meat of a young sheep. |
| sus scrofanoun | old world wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in united states |
| animalsnoun | the tenth studio album by the English rock band Pink Floyd, released on 21 January 1977, by Harvest Records and Columbia Records. |
| beastsnoun | An animal, especially a large or dangerous land vertebrate. |
| bikersnoun | originally a british youth subculture that evolved out of the teddy boys in the 1960s; wore black leather jackets and jeans and boots; had greased hair and rode motorcycles and listened to rock'n'roll; were largely unskilled manual laborers |
| chopsnoun | (informal, by extension) One's skill at any endeavor; ability, talent; competency. |
| monopolizesverb | (transitive) To dominate or to get total control of something by excluding everyone else. |
| pigsnoun | (during the 1990s) Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain, countries of Southern Europe noted for similar economic environments. |
| porcnoun | meat from a domestic hog or pig |
| porcinenoun | A porcine animal: a pig, hog, boar, or related wild animal. |
| porknoun | (chiefly uncountable) The meat of a pig. |
| porkersnoun | A pig, especially a castrated male, being fattened and raised for slaughter. |
| razorbacknoun | (US, southeastern US, informal) A feral pig. |
| swinenoun | (plural swine) A pig (the animal). |
| wartnoun | (pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). |
| sowsnoun | (ambitransitive) To scatter, disperse, or plant (seeds). |
| shoatsnoun | A young, newly-weaned pig. |
| boarsnoun | A male pig. |
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