hog:
(plural: ‘hogs‘; for the right pronunciation of this word, please click here)
a dirty person, usually a man, who eats too much greedily;
a person who uses something too much, usually when several others are also supposed to use it,
a hog eating greedily
Gerry is such a hog that nobody likes to be sitting next to him because he’s sloppy.
Marlow is the worst TV hog in our family; he always watches his favourite programmes, hardly giving a chance for the other children to watch theirs.
It’s no wonder that people who eat greedily are called hogs because they make us feel disgusting and remind us of pigs in muck.
Though they are talented players, ball hogs are discouraged by their coaches because a ball game is team game and everyone must have a part in it.
Most office secretaries think their bosses are hogs who treat them as if they were slaves.
Note 2: ‘Hog’ or with a double ‘g’, ‘Hogg’ and always with a capital ‘H’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. William Hog, Mary Hog, Ralph Hogg, etc. For an article that explains the origin of this word as a surname meaning ‘a careful or prudent person’, or ‘a person who looked after pigs (hogs)’, please click here.
