name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hogg
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɒɡ/
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US: /hɑɡ/
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US: /hɔːɡ/
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rhymes with -ɒɡ
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homophone: hog
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A young sheep of either gender, until it cuts its first two teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They sent a lorryload of hoggs to the auction mart, and they will keep the rest for their own flock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hogget
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hog, hogget
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: lamb
noun
Meaning 4
Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: James Hogg
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: poet
History
Etymology
From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.
See hogget (“young sheep”)