Hogg
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hogg¹
- /hɒɡ/ UK
- /hɑɡ/ US
- /hɔːɡ/ US
Sounds like hog · Rhymes with -ɒɡ
Where it comes from
See hogget (“young sheep”)
noun hoggs
- A young sheep of either gender, 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.
Hogg²
Where it comes from
From Old English hogg (“hog”), a metonymic occupational surname for a swineherd.
proper noun Hoggs
- 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.