hog

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /hɒɡ/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /hɑɡ/ or /hɔɡ/

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Noun

Singular hog

Plural hogs

A sleeping hog

1. (countable) A hog is a pig.

   We keep cows, chickens, and hogs.

2. (countable) A hog is somebody who doesn't share.

   Give me that. Don't be such a hog.

Verb

Plain form hog

Third-person singular hogs

Past tense hogged

Past participle hogged

Present participle hogging

1. If you hog something, keep it to yourself and don't share it.

   John is always hogging the TV remote.