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
Brie Stimson, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
There are now 12 hog factory farms within three miles of the Trom family property.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Miss Manners: When groups hog the sidewalk, what’s the best way through them?
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2025
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Noun
And in the summers as a kid, her business was being a champion hog wrestler.
—Brie Stimson, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
There are now 12 hog factory farms within three miles of the Trom family property.
—Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Benji is caustic, needling and selfish — the kind of guy who hogs the window seat, the shower and everyone’s attention.
—Amy Nicholson, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2025
Related Articles Miss Manners: When groups hog the sidewalk, what’s the best way through them?
—Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 8 Feb. 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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Large shippers exacerbated problems by monopolizing resources and squeezing out smaller shipments.—
Shekar Natarajan,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Both teams chose to take on the sport legally, including NASCAR CEO Jim France for allegedly monopolizing stock car racing.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Lawyers for Meta told a federal judge on Monday that the social media company founded by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg is not a monopoly, countering a landmark lawsuit brought against it by the Federal Trade Commission accusing the tech giant of gobbling up its competitors to corner the market.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
14 Apr. 2025
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Here’s his complete list: • 1962 Mets — cornered the market on Bob Millers (with two of them).—
Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 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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Melissa tells Shauna that, after learning about adult Natalie’s death on the grounds of Lottie’s doomed cult, she became consumed with guilt and paranoia; after all, her own wife doesn’t know that Melissa knew her mother, let alone probably witnessed her death.—
Abby Monteil,
Them.,
28 Mar. 2025
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Early in his career, Ben Lively’s emotions consumed him.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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