Hogging

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  • v. Present participle of hog.
  • n. The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Drooping at the ends; arching;-in distinction from sagging.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Screened or sifted gravel.
  • n. The curving or distortion of a structure when it droops at the ends or rises in the middle, as a boiler-furnace or a ship. The hogging of boiler-furnaces is usually due to the local expansion of the flue, caused by the fire being particularly hot in one part of the grate.
  • Word Usage
    "He fitted the mast of the Stancomb Wills fore and aft inside the James Caird as a hog-back and thus strengthened the keel with the object of preventing our boat "hogging" -- that is, buckling in heavy seas."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    arching   
    Verb Stem
    hog   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    blogging    bogging    clogging    dogging    jogging    logging