hog betydelse and definition

Betydelse av hog på svenska

• 0 a pig, especially one that is allowed to grow large so that it can be eaten

• 1 someone who takes much more than a fair share of something, especially by eating too much:

  • You've eaten it all? You hog!

• 2 to take or use more than your share of something:

  • He's always hogging the bathroom (= spending too much time in the bathroom, so that no one else can use it).

• 3 a pig, esp. one allowed to grow large so that it can be used as food

• 4 a person who takes more than necessary of something, esp. food:

  • Don’t be a hog – take only as much as you can eat.

• 5 to take or use more than necessary of something:

  • He’s always hogging the newspaper (= using it so that no one else can read it).