hog

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1. hog - Noun

2. hog - Verb

Meaning

A quadruped of the genus Sus, and allied genera of Suidae; esp., the domesticated varieties of S. scrofa, kept for their fat and meat, called, respectively, lard and pork; swine; porker; specifically, a castrated boar; a barrow.

A mean, filthy, or gluttonous fellow.

A young sheep that has not been shorn.

A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.

A device for mixing and stirring the pulp of which paper is made.

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

To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.

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.

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As the operation expanded in the ‘90s, Dan and Kevin tried their hand at finishing feeder pigs, but the brothers quickly learned that the hog business wasn’t for them. Source: Internet

Curling brushes may have fabric, hog hair, or horsehair heads. Source: Internet

At the peak of the crisis – hog processing dropped (in May), and beef production dropped 35 percent (also in May), when compared to 2019 production levels. Source: Internet

Bryant put up points, but he also developed a reputation for being a shot-jacking ball hog. Source: Internet

But the flip side is that while Chrome OS isn't as power hungry as Windows, Chrome and Google apps are unfortunately more of a memory hog than you'd expect, and if you go too low with the processor or skimp on memory, the system will still feel slow. Source: Internet

Canadian cattle and hog producers will certainly remember. Source: Internet

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