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• n  a person regarded as greedy and pig-like
• n  a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
• n  domestic swine
• v  take greedily; take more than one's share

• As hog prices fall, for instance, producers might take on short positions as a hedge, essentially locking in a price for their pigs before the market collapses even further.
• This summer, Americans are going the whole hog, as a new appreciation of nose-to-tail eating has foodies caught up in a make-your-own-bacon craze.
• Plebeian hogs have no figures.

• pig
• hogget
• hogg
• grunter
• squealer
• Sus scrofa

News & Articles

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• Texas Hog Report
  Texas inventory: The June 1 Texas hog and pig inventory, at 640 thousand head, was 27 percent lower than June 2012. The number of breeding hogs totaled 100 thousand head, unchanged from last year.
  June 30, 2013 - Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
• Hog Prices Drop on Speculation Pork Demand Slowing; Cattle Fall
  Hog futures headed for the biggest decline in six weeks on speculation that demand for U.S. pork is slowing. Cattle also declined.
  June 28, 2013 - Bloomberg
• Hog Futures Gain on Rising Meatpacker Demand; Cattle Rally
  Hog futures climbed on signs of increasing demand for U.S. animals from meatpackers. Cattle prices also gained.
  June 26, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Lawyer Milloy in USA Today
  The slap in the face was ultimately when he showed up at a 11 o'clock, or whatever time it was in Arkansas, doing the 'pig sooey' hog call,Milloy said. "It seemed like was right in rhythm with the beat. He had been practicing."
• Melanie Sloan in International Herald Tribune
  It's remarkably brazen,said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a government watchdog group. "It seems like a huge amount of money. And they were certainly living high on the hog."