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
Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Holt for three years operated in the early 2010s operated a hog farm in the Dresden area without proper permits.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
When juxtaposed with neutrals, its trace elements of plum pop out without hogging the spotlight.
—Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
During the summers in Clinton, Andrea spent many days at a hog barn down the road.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Holt for three years operated in the early 2010s operated a hog farm in the Dresden area without proper permits.
—Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
The bottom line Like an unwelcome ex-partner who shows up during the most inopportune times and refuses to leave, Treasury yields too have made a return and are hogging the market limelight.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2024
When juxtaposed with neutrals, its trace elements of plum pop out without hogging the spotlight.
—Tim Nelson, Architectural Digest, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hog
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The races happen daily and feature pigs and wiener dogs dressed like hot dogs.Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, 20 July 2017
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The league has rescued monkeys, pigs, ponies, even a drug dealer's cougar, and thousands of dogs and cats every year.John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 19 July 2017
Verb
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That suit, filed in federal court in Pennsylvania, says the opponents tried to scuttle the sale in order to monopolize the domestic steel market.Scott Horsley, NPR, 6 Jan. 2025
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The picks are then expected to monopolize the Senate's schedule.Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
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After some hand-to-hand combat, Juliette is cornered by three people in total, all of whom appear to be quite young.Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
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However, Pau did note that enabling this function would open up new possibilities, especially in cornering.Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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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
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Of course, rules to reduce nicotine in cigarettes would have no impact on nicotine in e-cigarettes, which have largely replaced combustible tobacco as one of the main ways young people now consume nicotine.Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 15 Jan. 2025
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And the reach of all these different channels combined is really critical because people are consuming their news in a lot of different ways, not just watching a linear broadcast but across social media and all these streaming channels.Antonia Blyth, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Hog.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hog. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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