Synonyms of the word hogget


HOGGETHOG - HOGG - LAMB

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.

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).

hogg

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

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.

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