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hog

გამოთქმა: /hɒg/

არსებითი სახელი

Universal
  • 1a domesticated pig, especially a castrated male reared for slaughter.
  • a feral pig.
  • a wild animal of the pig family, for example a warthog.
  • informal a greedy person.
  • 2 informal, trademark in the UK a large motorcycle, in particular a Harley Davidson.
  • 3 (also hogg) dialect a young sheep before the first shearing.

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 informal take or use most or all of (something) in an unfair or selfish way:he never hogged the limelight
  • 2cause (a ship or its keel) to curve up in the centre and sag at the ends as a result of strain.

go the whole hog

informal do something completely or thoroughly: George decided to go the whole hog and join the Total Abstinence Society
[of several origins suggested, one interprets hog as the American slang term for a ten cent piece; another refers to one of Cowper's poems (1779), which discusses Muslim uncertainty about which parts of the pig are acceptable as food, leading to the ‘whole hog’ being eaten]

live high on (or off) the hog

North American informal have a luxurious lifestyle.

hogger

noun

hoggery

noun

hoggish

adjective

hoggishly

adverb

hog-like

adjective

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