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Definition of Hog |
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Hog
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. A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow. A young sheep that has not been shorn. A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made. To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse. To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom. 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. Related Definitions: Allied, And, As, Back, Barrow, Become, Been, Bent, Boar, Bottom, Broken, Broom, Called, Castrated, Cut, Device, Domesticated, Fat, Fellow, Filthy, Flat, For, Form, Genera, Genus, Gluttonous, Have, Hog, Horse, Has, In, Is, Kept, Lard, Like, Made, Mane, Mean, Meat, Middle, Mixing, Not, Of, Or, Paper, Pork, Porker, Pulp, Quadruped, Respectively, Rough, Said, Scrub, Scrubbing, Sheep, Ship, Shorn, Short, So, Specifically, Stirring, Strained, Swine, That, The, Their, This, To, Under, Upward, Varieties, Water, Which, With, Young |
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Hog Quotations
I went whole hog at the actor's lifestyle - really embraced it. I had by then known how much I loved acting already, because I discovered acting from a teacher in the seminary - that's the first place I ever did it, in the seminary. Peter Jurasik By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight. Glenn Miller I'm not really a Jew; just Jew-ish, not the whole hog. Jonathan Miller An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from. Timothy Dexter A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice. Sam Rayburn One disadvantage of being a hog is that at any moment some blundering fool may try to make a silk purse out of your wife's ear. J. B. Morton When we know as much about people as hog specialists know about hogs, we'll be better off. Lewis B. Hershey |
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Hog Translations
hog in German is Schwein hog in Norwegian is gris, svin hog in Swedish is svin |
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