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verb

Hog v. t. (past & past part. hogged; pres. part. hogging)

To cut short like bristles; as, to hog the mane of a horse.

(Naut.) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.

Hog v. i. (Naut.) To become bent upward in the middle, like a hog's back; said of a ship broken or strained so as to have this form.

adjective

Hogged adj. (Naut.) Broken or strained so as to have an upward curve between the ends. See Hog, v. i.

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Etymology of 'Hogged'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hogged" Quotes from Famous Books

... himself alone without considerin' his organization or his city. The politician looks after his own interests, the organization's interests, and the city's interests all at the same time. See the distinction? For instance, I ain't no looter. The looter hogs it. I never hogged. I made my pile in politics, but, at the same time, 1 served the organization and got more big improvements for New York City than any other livin' man. And I never monkeyed ...

— Plunkitt of Tammany Hall • George Washington Plunkitt

... seriously, and wasted as much energy and interest over a two-gold-mohur race for maiden ekka-ponies with their manes hogged, as if it had been the Derby. One-half of this came from inexperience—much as the puppy squabbles with the corner of the hearth-rug—and the other half from the dizziness bred by stumbling out of his quiet life into the glare and excitement of a livelier one. ...

— The Works of Rudyard Kipling One Volume Edition • Rudyard Kipling