Crossword-Solution: HOG
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Hog | n. | A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; 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. |
| Hog | n. | A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. |
| Hog | n. | A young sheep that has not been shorn. |
| Hog | n. | A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. |
| Hog | n. | A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. |
| Hog | v. t. | To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. |
| Hog | v. t. | To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. |
| Hog | 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. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| HOG | anagram | GOH, OHG |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with HOG (5)
This is a wasteful technique, best avoided on time-sharing systems where a busy-waiting program may {hog} the processor.
There’s a hand that was the hand of a hog; but it ain’t so no more; it’s the hand of a man that’s started in on a new life, and’ll die before he’ll go back.
Besides, I swear by my patron saint, that she is far inferior to the lovely Saxon, Rowena.” “Saxon or Jew,” answered the Prince, “Saxon or Jew, dog or hog, what matters it? I say, name Rebecca, were it only to mortify the Saxon churls.” A murmur arose even among his own immediate attendants.
There’s a-plenty of boys that’s mighty good and friendly when _you’ve_ got a good thing, but when a good thing happens to come their way they don’t say a word to you, and try to hog it all.
And I says to myself, I’ll hog them di’monds the first chance I get, and I’ll have a disguise all ready, and I’ll give the boys the slip, and when I’m safe away I’ll put it on, and then let them find me if they can.
Quotes with HOG (3)
I'm lonely. Why do you think I had to learn to act so independent? I also get mad too quickly, and I hog the covers, and my second toe is longer than my big one. My hair has it's own zip code. Plus, I get certifiably crazy when I've got PMS. You don't love someone because they're perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they're not.
How would you feel about sharing your bed?" she asked. Tristan blinked. "Excuse me?" "He'd love to!" Gary said. Tristan shot him a look, "Good," said Ivy, failing to notice Gary's wink. "Ella can be a pillow hog, but all you have to do is roll over her.
As she stared at them, Waringa noted that their skins were indeed red, like that of pigs or like the skin of a black person who has been scalded with boiling water or who has burned himself with acid creams. Even the hair in their arms and necks stood out stiff and straight like the bristle of an aging hog.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 447 times in crossword archives (1949–2025).