hog

A pig, especially a large one kept on a farm.

• The farmer feeds the hogs.
• They raise hogs for meat.
• A large hog escaped from its pen.

Similar words: pig, swine

Common phrases: a farm hog, feed a hog, hog farm

Someone who takes too much and refuses to share.

• Do not be a hog; share the cake.
• That road hog would not let anyone pass.
• He is an attention hog who interrupts everyone else.

Similar words: greedy person, glutton

Common phrases: a greedy hog, a road hog, a space hog

To keep something for yourself and prevent other people from using or enjoying it.

• Don't hog the computer.
• She hogged the bathroom all morning.
• Are you hogging the blanket again?

Similar words: monopolize

Opposites: share

Common phrases: hog the remote, hog the bathroom, hog the spotlight, hog the blankets