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
Peter Debruge, Variety, 23 Dec. 2025
Two fish and one, two, three, four, FIVE hogs?
—Charlotte Observer, 17 Dec. 2025
Cam Inman, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
Hollywood studios welcome Netflix’s acknowledgment of theatrical as long as the streamer doesn’t step on their toes — whether by hogging the coveted premium large formats or scheduling its programming on prime release dates.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Most of the comedy is of the slapstick variety, including set-pieces with a live tarantula, a dead squirrel and a squealing wild hog.
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Two minutes remained before halftime, and the Houston Texans were hogging the ball.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
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The resort has teamed up with local partners like Pieces of 8 boat tours to offer guests day trips to the Bahamas' out islands of Exuma and Eleuthera– where visitors can swim with pigs or feed iguanas in their natural habitat.—
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Companies made students wash blood and feces from pig pens and ordered them to pressure renters into signing leases in run-down apartment buildings, all under the guise of cultural exchange.—
Verb
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Geographic marks that run the risk of monopolizing a common term are rejected, with the main concern here being that providers of athletics goods and athletics services in Las Vegas could be harmed by registration of Las Vegas Athletics.—
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In the last five years, pop-punk and emo music has experienced one hell of a resurgence that has been celebrated, critiqued, and monopolized extensively.—
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The rooms Guest rooms and suites have been nearly completely redone, corner to corner, and brought into a modern design vernacular.—
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There is nothing that can be done about the Big Ten’s shameless power grab, but something can be done about its efforts to corner more spots in a playoff bracket of any size.—
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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.—
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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.—
Verb
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His first time on air, and another chance to change how viewers consume the country’s most popular sport, was only minutes away.—
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When possible, consume vitamin A through nutritious foods like carrots, sweet potatoes, liver, and eggs instead of dietary supplements to optimize your health.—
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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