Word: hog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hog, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to beat, hew, forge”). Cognate with Old High German houwan, Old Saxon hauwan, Old English hēawan (English hew). Hog originally meant a castrated male pig, hence a sense of “the cut one”. (Compare hogget for a castrated male sheep.) More at hew. Alternatively from a Brythonic language, from Proto-Celtic *sukkos, from Proto-Indo-European *suH- and thus cognate with Welsh hwch (“sow”) and Cornish hogh (“pig”). Pronunciation: /hɒɡ/, /hɔɡ/, /hɑɡ/ 1. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. 2. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar. Labels: specifically Example: Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs. […] Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products. 3. A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: resource hog Example: Since the latest upgrade, this program has turned into a CPU hog. 4. A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson. Labels: slang Example: […] bike. That rider looked relatively young. If he's a Border Force guy just doing a nine to five job back there, I'd like to know where he gets the money to ride that hog,” Max said. “Looks expensive,” Chloe replied. Example: […] bike balanced almost vertically while coasting to a nearly complete stop; […] ride that hog one hundred miles an hour up and off a ramp, […] 5. A young sheep that has not been shorn. Labels: UK 6. A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water. Example: Hog, on board a ship, is a sort of flat scrubbing-broom, formed by inclosing a number of short twigs of birch or such wood between two pieces of plank fastened together, and cutting off the ends of the twigs. It is used to scrape the filth from a ship's bottom under water, particularly in the act of boot-topping. For this purpose they fit to this broom a long staff with two ropes; one of which is used to thrust the hog under the ship's bottom, and the other to guide and pull it up again close to the planks. 7. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made. 8. A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence. Labels: UK, archaic, countable, historical, slang, uncountable Example: “’Ere y'are, the best rig-out you ever ’ad. A tosheroon [half a crown]^([sic]) for the coat, two ’ogs for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ’og for the cap and scarf. That's seven bob.” Example: hog (pl hog). A shilling: orig. (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low s. 9. A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value. Labels: UK, countable, historical, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: hog (pl hog)... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin. 10. A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence. Labels: UK, countable, historical, obsolete, slang, uncountable Example: hog (pl hog)... 3. A half-crown: ca 1860–1910. 11. The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop. Example: I would not consider a ship unseaworthy because she had a hog. There is no danger to life in sailing in a hogged ship. I have sailed in vessels having a 2-ft. hog in the keel. The keel has been straightened by being filled in underneath. Example: On inspection it was found that the vessel's keel had a hog of nearly fourteen inches. 12. A penis. Labels: vulgar Example: He had to piss in the worst way, but the game was in play and there was no way he was going anywhere to relieve himself. It was right in the center of the Armand huddle that he got so desperate he pulled out his hog and let it go. Example: It wasn't like I was about to drop my panties and ride his hog in the basement; I got down and dirty, but not like that; I requested the seclusion of four walls.