hog

C2+ Topic:Animals

US /hɑɡ/ UK /hɒɡ/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like hug /ʌ/ vs /ɑ/ Sounds like hag /æ/ vs /ɑ/

Meanings

1

noun
a domesticated pig; also, to take or use selfishly

Don't hog the blanket all to yourself on a cold night.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a domesticated pig; also,... pig swine boar monopolize commandeer dominate

Opposites

Word family

Forms hoggish

Derived forms hoggishhogger

Related forms hogwash

Appears in

Idioms (1)

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go the whole hog
To commit fully to doing something, without holding anything back.

Proverbs (1)

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Root, hog, or die

Simplified etymology

Hog is an Old English word of unknown origin and has no known counterpart in the other Germanic languages. Its verb sense, “to take all of something greedily,” arose in the 1830s from the pig’s proverbial greed.

Etymology

From Old English hogg, hocg ('hog, swine'), of uncertain origin, possibly of Celtic derivation. The verb sense 'take selfishly' arose in the 19th century.

hogg Old English

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Topics

Animals

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# hog

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /hɑɡ/
**IPA (UK):** /hɒɡ/

## Meanings
1. a domesticated pig; also, to take or use selfishly

## Examples
- Don't hog the blanket all to yourself on a cold night.

## Synonyms
- pig
- swine
- boar
- monopolize
- commandeer
- dominate

## Antonyms
- share

## Derived Forms
- hoggish
- hogger

## Related Forms
- hogwash

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hogg

## Etymology
From Old English hogg, hocg ('hog, swine'), of uncertain origin, possibly of Celtic derivation. The verb sense 'take selfishly' arose in the 19th century.

## AI Etymology
Hog is from Old English hogg, hocg ('hog, swine'), of uncertain origin, possibly of Celtic derivation. The verb sense 'take selfishly' arose in the 19th century. Important recorded forms include hogg (Old English). Its deeper history remains uncertain, with proposed links left as possibilities rather than a single settled derivation. The current sense covers a domesticated pig; also, to take or use selfishly. The wider family includes derived forms such as hoggish and hogger and related words such as hogwash.

## Topics
- Animals

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