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hoggy

adjective

Synonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).

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Meanings

adjectivehoggy (comparative hoggier, superlative hoggiest)

comparative hoggier · superlative hoggiest

Synonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).
Then the packing-houses in making lard got to dumping into the pans everything — heads, feet, etc. — and made a product which was offensive, having, as witness said, a "hoggy taste."
1887, National Live Stock Journal, volumes 3-5, page 108
Synonyms: hoggish

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSynonym of hoggish (“resembling a pig”).

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boggish fennish marshy moory swaly syrtic

Origin

From hog + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with hoggy

pedagogy doggy foggy soggy doge groggy boggy demagogy loggy ochlagogy scroggy spoggy

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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