Synonyms of the word

hog

• n. Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the warthog, and the boar.
• n. (specifically) An adult swine (contrasted with a pig, a young swine).
• n. A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
• n. (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a Harley-Davidson.
• n. (Britain) A young sheep that has not been shorn.
• n. (nautical) A rough, flat scrubbing broom for scrubbing a ship's bottom under water.
• n. A device for mixing and stirring the pulp from which paper is made.
• n. (Britain, historical, archaic slang, countable and uncountable) A shilling coin; its value, 12 old pence.
• n. (Britain, historical, obsolete slang, countable and uncountable) A tanner, a sixpence coin; its value.
• n. (Britain, historical, obsolete slang, countable and uncountable) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 old…
• v. (transitive) To greedily take more than one's share, to take precedence at the expense of another or others.
• v. (transitive) To clip the mane of a horse, making it short and bristly.
• v. (nautical) To scrub with a hog, or scrubbing broom.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To cause the keel of a ship to arch upwards (the opposite of sag).
• n. (informal) A quahog (clam).

grab

• v. (transitive) To grip suddenly; to seize; to clutch.
• v. (intransitive) To make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something).
• v. To restrain someone; to arrest.
• v. To grip the attention; to enthrall.
• v. (informal) To quickly collect or retrieve.
• v. (informal) To consume something quickly.
• v. To take the opportunity of.
• n. a sudden snatch (for something).
• n. a mechanical device that grabs or clutches.
• n. (media) a soundbite.
• n. A two- or three-masted vessel used on the Malabar coast.

grunter

• n. One who grunts.
• n. Any of a group of fish of the family Terapontidae, which make a grunting sound when caught.
• n. (dated, brass founding) A hook used in lifting a crucible.

hogg

• n. a young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first 2 teeth; a hogget.

hogget

• n. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age…
• n. (chiefly Britain, New Zealand) The meat of a hogget (sheep).
• n. (chiefly Britain) A young boar of the second year.

lamb

• n. A young sheep.
• n. The flesh of a lamb or sheep used as food.
• n. (figuratively) A person who is meek, docile and easily led.
• n. A simple, unsophisticated person.
• n. (finance, slang) One who ignorantly speculates on the stock exchange and is victimized.
• v. (intransitive) Of a sheep, to give birth.
• v. (transitive or intransitive) To assist (sheep) to give birth.

pig

• n. Any of several mammalian species of the genus Sus, having cloven hooves, bristles and a nose adapted for…
• n. (specifically) A young swine, a piglet (contrasted with a hog, an adult swine).
• n. (uncountable) The edible meat of such an animal; pork.
• n. Someone who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.
• n. A nasty or disgusting person, usually male.
• n. A dirty or slovenly person.
• n. (now chiefly US, Britain, Australia, derogatory, slang) A police officer.
• n. (informal) A difficult problem.
• n. (countable and uncountable) A block of cast metal.
• n. The mold in which a block of metal is cast.
• n. (engineering) A device for cleaning or inspecting the inside of an oil or gas pipeline, or for separating…
• n. (pejorative) A person who is obese to the extent of resembling a pig (the animal).
• n. (US, military, slang) The general-purpose M60 machine gun, considered to be heavy and bulky.
• n. (uncountable) A simple dice game in which players roll the dice as many times as they like, either accumulating…
• v. (of swine) to give birth.
• v. (intransitive) To greedily consume (especially food).
• v. (intransitive) To huddle or lie together like pigs, in one bed.
• v. (transitive, engineering) To clean (a pipeline) using a pig (the device).
• n. (Scotland) earthenware, or an earthenware shard.
• n. An earthenware hot-water jar to warm a bed; a stone bed warmer.

snaffle

• n. A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue…
• n. (figuratively) Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle.
• v. (transitive) To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle.
• v. (transitive, informal) To grab or seize; to snap up.
• v. (transitive, informal) To purloin, or obtain by devious means.

squealer

• n. An animal that, or a person who squeals; especially a pig.
• n. (slang) an informant.
• n. The European swift.
• n. The harlequin duck.
• n. The American golden plover.

swine

• n. (plural swine) Any of various omnivorous, even-toed ungulates of the family Suidae.
• n. (pejorative) A contemptible person (plural swines).
• n. (slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "pig".
• n. (slang, derogatory) Something difficult or awkward; a pain.
• n. (archaic) plural of sow.