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Hog vs Loom - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between hog and loom

is that hog is any animal belonging to the suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar while loom is a utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general or loom can be (dated) loon (bird of order gaviformes ).

As verbs the difference between hog and loom

is that hog is to greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others while loom is to impend; to threaten or hang over.

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)

    loom

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) lome, from (etyl) . See (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A utensil; tool; a weapon; (usually in compound) an article in general.
  • A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making.
  • * Rambler
    • Hector, when he sees Andromache overwhelmed with terror, sends her for consolation to the loom and the distaff.
  • That part of an oar which is near the grip or handle and inboard from the rowlock
    • Derived terms
    * hand loom * power loom

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) loon (bird of order Gaviformes )

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • to impend; to threaten or hang over.
    • The clouds loomed over the mountains.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=August 7 , author=Chris Bevan , title=Man City 2 - 3 Man Utd , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=With no extra-time to be played and penalties looming , the Portuguese winger pounced on some hesitant City defending to run on to a Wayne Rooney clearance, round Joe Hart and slot home.}}
  • To rise and to be eminent; to be elevated or ennobled, in a moral sense.
  • * J. M. Mason
    • On no occasion does he [Paul] loom so high, and shine so gloriously, as in the context.

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