2syllables
hogging
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Definitions ofhogging
1verb
- To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
Example: "Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets."
- To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
- To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
- To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
1verb
- To process (bark, etc.) into hog fuel.
1noun
- The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem.
- Taking up too much of something so others cannot use it.
1adjective
- Drooping at the ends; arching; in distinction from sagging.
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