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The Meaning of hog
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(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.
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(n.) A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.
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(n.) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
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(n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
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(n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
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(v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.
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(v. t.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
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(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.
Synonyms
pig
,
hogget
,
hogg
,
pig
,
grunter
,
squealer
,
Sus scrofa
Homophones
haag
,
hogg
,
hogge
Rhymes
acog
,
agog
,
analog
,
analogue
,
backlog
,
bog
,
brogue
,
bulldog
,
bullfrog
,
catalogue
,
clague
,
clog
,
cog
,
dague
,
demagogue
,
dialogue
,
dog
,
eggnog
,
epilogue
,
flog
,
fog
,
fogg
,
frog
,
frogg
,
frogge
,
grog
,
grogg
,
groundhog
,
gulag
,
haag
,
haug
,
hedgehog
,
hertzog
,
hogg
,
hogge
,
hotdog
,
jog
,
krog
,
lague
,
leapfrog
,
log
,
maag
,
metagogue
,
mogg
,
monologue
,
og
,
ogg
,
parag
,
pirog
,
plog
,
pog
,
prague
,
prolog
,
rogge
,
sandhog
,
scrog
,
skog
,
slog
,
smog
,
synagogue
,
tagalog
,
tague
,
togue
,
travelogue
,
underdog
,
waag
,
watchdog
,
waterlog
,
zaugg
,
zogg