noun
- plural of hog; pigs, especially adult pigs raised for meat
- greedy or selfish people
Usage: informal
verb
- third person singular present of hog; monopolizes or takes more than one’s fair share
Usage: informal
Examples
- The farmer raised hogs on his property.
- Several hogs were grazing in the muddy pen.
- Don’t be such hogs with the pizza – save some for others.
- He always hogs the remote control during movie night.
- The company hogs all the best contracts in the industry.
- Those hogs at the buffet took all the shrimp.