hog
hog
- 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.