English Dictionary

HOGGED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hogged mean? 

HOGGED (adjective)
  The adjective HOGGED has 1 sense:

1. (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each endplay

  Familiarity information: HOGGED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOGGED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end

Synonyms:

broken-backed; hogged

Similar:

bulging; convex (curving or bulging outward)

Domain category:

ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)


 Context examples 


At the current price of skins in the London market, and based on a fair estimate of what the afternoon’s catch would have been had not the Macedonia hogged it, the Ghost has lost about fifteen hundred dollars’ worth of skins.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)



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