I. hog¹ /hɒɡ $ hɑːɡ, hɒːɡ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: hogg]

1. especially American English a large pig that is kept for its meat ⇒ boar, sow

2. go the whole hog informal to do something thoroughly:
Let’s go the whole hog and order champagne.

3. go hog wild American English informal to suddenly do an activity in an uncontrolled way

4. informal someone who takes too much of something that should be shared Synonym : pig:
You greedy hog!
⇒ road hog

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II. hog² verb (past tense and past participle hogged, present participle hogging) [transitive]
informal to keep, use, or have all of something that should be shared:
How much longer are you going to hog the bathroom?
He’s been hogging the limelight (=having all the attention, praise etc).

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hog
hɔɡ
See: eat (live) high on the hog or eat (live) high off the hog , go the whole hog or go whole hog , road hog

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