hog
/hɔɡ/ noun C1- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
- An adult swine, at or above a certain body weight.
- A greedy person or thing; one who refuses to share; a gluttonous one. · resource hog· Since the latest upgrade, this program has turned into a CPU hog.
- A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
- A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
- A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
- The effect of the middle of the hull of a ship rising while the ends droop.
- A penis.
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