Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hog

n. & v. --n. 1 a a domesticated pig, esp. a castrated male reared for slaughter. b any of several other pigs of the family Suidae, e.g. a wart-hog. 2 colloq. a greedy person. 3 (also hogg) Brit. dial. a young sheep before the first shearing. --v. (hogged, hogging) 1 tr. colloq. take greedily; hoard selfishly. 2 tr. & intr. raise (the back), or rise in an arch in the centre. Phrases and idioms go the whole hog colloq. do something completely or thoroughly. hog-tie US 1 secure by fastening the hands and feet or all four feet together. 2 restrain, impede. Derivatives hogger n. hoggery n. hoggish adj. hoggishly adv. hoggishness n. hoglike adj. Etymology: OE hogg, hocg, perh. of Celt. orig.