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As nouns the difference between hog and hof

is that hog is any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar while hof is enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.

As a verb hog

is to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.

hog

English

(wikipedia hog)

Alternative forms

* (qualifier) 'og

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
  • (lb) An adult swine .
  • * 2005 April, Live Swine from Canada, Investigation No. 731-TA-1076 (Final), publication 3766, April 2005, U.S. International Trade Commission (ISBN 1457819899), page I-9:
    • 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.
  • A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
  • (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a .
  • (UK) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
  • (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
    • (Totten)
  • A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
  • A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
  • *1933 , (George Orwell), (Down and Out in Paris and London) , xxix
  • *:‘’Ere]] s' for the trousers, one and a tanner for the boots, and a ' [['og, ’og for the cap and scarf. That’s seven bob.’
  • *1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
  • *:hog' (pl]] ' hog ). A shilling: (ca 1670), c.; in C.19–20, low [[slang, s.
  • A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
  • *1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
  • *:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 2. In C.18–early 19, occ. a sixpence: also c., whence the U.S. sense. Prob. [[from, ex the figure of a hog on a small silver coin.
  • A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old pence.
  • *1961 , Eric Partridge, The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
  • *:hog' (pl]] ' hog )... 3. A half-crown: [[circa, ca 1860–1910.

    • Hyponyms

    * (shilling coins) white hog, black hog

    Derived terms

    * groundhog * hedgehog * high on the hog * hogback, Hog's Back * hog-baying * hogcote * hog heaven * hog island * hog waller (hog wallow) * hog-wallowing * hog-wild * hog line * hog maw * hog-rubber * hog town * hogherd * hoggish * hoggishly * hoggy * hogshead * road hog * sea hog * whole hog, go whole hog

    Verb

    (hogg)
  • To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
    • Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
    2000 DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie , Scholastic Inc., New York, Ch 15:
    The [...] air-conditioning unit didn't work very good, and there was only one fan; and from the minute me and Winn-Dixie got in the library, he hogged it all.
  • To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
    • (Smart)
  • (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
  • (nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).

    • Synonyms

    * (take greedily) (l)

    See also

    * cold shoulder * pork barrel * swine

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Volapük==

    Noun

    (vo-noun)
  • hole

    • Declension

    (vo-decl-noun)

    hof

    English

    Etymology 1

    A loan from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Enclosure, court, dwelling, building, house.
  • * 1993 May, William, Trevor, Jake's Castle'', in ''Harper's Magazine :
    • Ulrike lived in a farm hof , and all around me were the dark blank fields punctuated by a few disparate lights.
  • * 2009 , Chloe Aridjis, Book of Clouds (New York: Black Cat, 1st edition):
    • Like many old houses, this one had a front section, where I lived, and at the back an interior courtyard, the Hof , enclosed on all three sides by more apartments.

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Neopaganism) Template, sanctuary, hall.
  • * 1996 for each ten churches burned to ashes, one heathen hof is avenged'' Varg Vikernes, cited after Gardell, ''Gods of the Blood , 2003, p. 307.
  • * 2005 Asatruarfelagid lacks a central religious temple, or ''hof'' in Icelandic. Constructing a hof has been high on the members' wish list for many years Michael Strmiska, Modern Paganism In World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, p. 170.
  • * 2006' ''A '''Hof dedicated to the worship of the Aesir and the Vanir idhavellihof.org

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) . Compare howff ("tavern").

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Korean-style bar or pub.
  • * {{quote-news, 2009, January 4, Adam B. Ellick, In Queens: A Melting Pot, and a Closed Book, New York Times citation
    • , passage=To the south are Korean spas, Korean barbecue joints and hofs , or Korean pubs. }}

    Anagrams

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