Definitions
take greedily; take more than one's share
Word origin
From Middle English hog, from Old English hogg, hocg (“hog”), possibly from Old Norse hǫggva (“to strike, chop, cut”), from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną (“to hew, forge”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to beat, hew, forge”).
Used in a sentence
“Weanlings grow into feeder pigs, and feeder pigs grow into slaughter hogs. […] Ultimately the end use for virtually all pigs and hogs is to be slaughtered for the production of pork and other products.”
“resource hog”
“Since the latest upgrade, this program has turned into a CPU hog.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Pig”3 letters
02“Monopolize greedily”3 letters
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