hogg

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UK/hɒɡ/US/hɑɡ/US/hɔːɡ/

noun

A young sheep of either sex, until it cuts its first two teeth.

“They sent a lorryload of hoggs to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock.”

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OriginOld English hogg →
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Meanings

hogg1

nounhogg (plural hoggs)

plural hoggs

  1. A young sheep of either sex, until it cuts its first two teeth.

    They sent a lorryload of hoggs to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock.

    Synonyms: hogget

Hogg2

proper nounHogg (plural Hoggs)

plural Hoggs

  1. A surname from Old English.

    Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg called on Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy Thursday to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has faced intense criticism this week over incendiary remarks she made in recent years as well as a viral video in which she harasses Hogg.

    2021 January 28, Chandelis Duster, “Parkland shooting survivor calls for House GOP leader to denounce Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Apr 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA young sheep of either sex, until it cuts its first two teeth.

Similar
hogget

More synonyms by meaning

nouna sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

Similar
hoghogget
Broader
lamb
Also see
hoghogget

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

hogg · noun

See hogget (“young sheep”)

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Hogg · proper noun

  1. Old Englishhogg“hog”
  2. EnglishHogg

From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hogg

blogfogogprogOggbogcogsmogsogclogmogtogvlogbullfrogsloggrogsnogvogagogpoggetroggloggsplogdevlog
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Sounds the same

hog
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APA

hogg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogg

MLA

“hogg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hogg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hogg.

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