hog
hog [hog hogs hogged hogging] noun, verb BrE [hɒɡ] NAmE [hɔːɡ] NAmE [hɑːɡ]
noun
1. (especially NAmE)a pig, especially one that is kept and made fat for eating
2. (BrE)a male pig that has been castrated (= had part of its sex organs removed) and is kept for its meat
compare ↑boar, ↑sow
see also ↑road hog, ↑warthog
Word Origin:
late Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’.
Idiom: ↑go the whole hog
verb (-gg-)~ sth (informal)
to use or keep most of sth yourself and stop others from using or having it
•to hog the road (= to drive so that other vehicles cannot pass)
•to hog the bathroom (= to spend a long time in it so that others cannot use it)
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Old English hogg, hocg, perhaps of Celtic origin and related to Welsh hwch and Cornish hoch ‘pig, sow’.
Example Bank:
•Helen's always hogging the bathroom.
•She preferred to keep in the background rather than hogging the limelight.
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