noun
hogging
noun
1
The act of taking up so much of something that others can't use or enjoy it.
"His hogging of the Wi-Fi with downloads slowed everyone else down."
adjective
1
Nautical: describing a ship's hull that arches upward in the middle while the bow and stern droop, the opposite of sagging.
"Engineers checked the old cargo ship for signs of hogging along its keel."
How to Use Hogging
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSelfishly using up more than your share of something — or, in shipbuilding, a hull curving upward in the middle.
Common pairings
hogging the conversation
hogging bandwidth
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