Word Meaning

hog definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for hog

- A pig
- Domesticated pig
- Fat pig
- Pig
- Porker
- Selfishly keep
- Unenlightened shogun is a greedy person