hog wallow

noun

1

a

: a depression in land made by the wallowing of swine

b

: a similar depression said to be due to heavy rains

2

: a land surface characterized by numerous low rounded mounds

—usually used in plural

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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