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The Meaning of 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.
  • (n.) A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.
  • (n.) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
  • (n.) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
  • (n.) A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.
  • (v. t.) To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.
  • (v. t.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  • (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