as in pig
one who eats greedily or too much
if I had known that my guests were going to be such hogs, I would have prepared twice as much food
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Recent Examples of hog
Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
The fine hogged the headlines but of importance to Chelsea in the here and now was the sporting sanction handed out.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
On mobile, streaming was the biggest upload traffic hog due to major platforms Tik Tok, Facebook Messenger and Snapchat.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Try not to hog the spot for too long, and let others charge their devices, too.
—Julie Rousseau, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
The fine hogged the headlines but of importance to Chelsea in the here and now was the sporting sanction handed out.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Verb
But outright secrecy, with no attention hog, is much worse.
—Jon Allsop, New Yorker, 30 May 2025
On mobile, streaming was the biggest upload traffic hog due to major platforms Tik Tok, Facebook Messenger and Snapchat.
—Katharina Buchholz, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
Noun
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The farm is home to a small flock of sheep, chickens, pigs, cows, and other barnyard animals.—
Pamela Brown,
Hartford Courant,
21 Mar. 2025
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The ruling cadre of pigs gradually betrays the farm animals’ revolution.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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How the Dallas Stars monopolized Texas youth hockey Unlike the NFL, NBA and MLB, a handful of NHL teams are intimately involved in running the youth levels of their sports in their regions – perhaps none more than the Dallas Stars.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025
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On one side was Continental and Northwest, which claimed larger rival American Airlines had illegally lowered fares to monopolize certain markets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 July 2025
Verb
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Hauser has cornered the market on a certain kind of meaty, cloddish, yet affable Everyman, his roles a confederacy of scene-stealing dunces.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Kernodle resisted and fought once cornered by Kohberger, according to police.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Yet she isn’t allowed to bogart the apercus; each of the characters gets a chance to shine, though some all but cry out for larger parts, larger lily pads on which to brood.—
Rhoda Feng,
Washington Post,
19 Mar. 2024
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In Schutz’s attempt to reflect reality, her own gestures bogart the image, reopening a decades-old wound without bringing a new dimension of understanding to it.—
Kimberly Drew,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2022
Verb
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Together, these two foods accounted for nearly one in every seven calories consumed in the average American diet, according to the CDC report.—
Deidre McPhillips,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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Tailgating or consuming alcohol in the festival parking lot is prohibited and will be strictly enforced.—
Kaycee Sloan,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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