hog
verb/hɒɡ/
/hɔːɡ/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hog | /hɒɡ/ /hɔːɡ/ |
| he / she / it hogs | /hɒɡz/ /hɔːɡz/ |
| past simple hogged | /hɒɡd/ /hɔːɡd/ |
| past participle hogged | /hɒɡd/ /hɔːɡd/ |
| -ing form hogging | /ˈhɒɡɪŋ/ /ˈhɔːɡɪŋ/ |
- hog something to use or keep most of something yourself and stop others from using or having it
- to hog the road (= to drive so that other vehicles cannot pass)
- to hog the bathroom (= to spend a long time in it so that others cannot use it)
- She preferred to keep in the background rather than hogging the limelight.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHog is used with these nouns as the object:- bathroom
- headline
- limelight
- …
Word Originlate Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’.Want to learn more?
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