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PRONUNCIATION OF ROAD HOG

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ROAD HOG

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conjunction
determiner
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Road hog is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ROAD HOG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of road hog in the English dictionary

The definition of road hog in the dictionary is a selfish or aggressive driver.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ROAD HOG

road agent
road allowance
road atlas
road bike
road book
road bridge
road construction
road gang
road haulage
road haulier
road hump
road manager
road map
road metal
road movie
road pricing
road race
road racer
road racing
road rage

WORDS THAT END LIKE ROAD HOG

chog
cohog
gas hog
go the whole hog
groundhog
hedgehog
hog
live high on the hog
mummichog
puck hog
quahog
quohog
roadhog
sandhog
seahog
shog
warthog
water hog
whole hog
whole-hog

Synonyms and antonyms of road hog in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «road hog» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ROAD HOG

Find out the translation of road hog to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of road hog from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «road hog» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

生猪道路
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cerdo de camino
570 millions of speakers

English

road hog
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सड़क हॉग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خنزير الطريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дорога свиней
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

porco de estrada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাস্তা হোগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

chauffard
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Babi jalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Road Hog
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

道路豚
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

도로 돼지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dalan hog
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đường heo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சாலை பன்றி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रस्ता ओढणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yol domuzu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

road hog
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wieprz drogowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дорога свиней
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

porc rutier
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δρόμο γουρούνι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kilometervreter
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vägHog
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

road hog
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of road hog

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD HOG»

The term «road hog» is normally little used and occupies the 119.644 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ROAD HOG» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about road hog

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROAD HOG»

Discover the use of road hog in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to road hog and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Road Hog
Road Hog loves to speed and drive recklessly until Police Dog tows his car.
Barbara Shook Hazen, 1999
2
The Autocar
My reason for writing" is that I live on that road, and I think your publishing an account of such road hog's performance likely to bring others to do the same. To obviate this so far as possible I am drawing the attention of the Chief Constable, the ...
Henry Sturmey, H. Walter Staner, 1914
3
The Ultimate Tailgater's SEC Handbook
... Boss Hog (inflatable) Phone:(479)575-4412 RVs arrive as early as Wednesday before the game and park at Road Hog Park at Razorback Road & 15th, $20-30 per day. Cars park for free in any non-reserved lot and in grassy areas adjacent ...
Stephen Linn, 2007
4
American Motorist
But, more than that, we are also obliged to see to it that we are not victims of the carelessness of the drivers who are only careful to keep the speedometer from getting rheumatism. Invariably the road hog will attempt to pass us just at the top of ...
‎1920
5
Motorcycle Illustrated
An Encounter With a Road Hog Batterson was still moving stiflly as a result of an experience of the preceding day. He had ridden down from Corning to join Fish on this expedition, and as they had a day to spare they had gone out on Long ...
‎1922
6
20,000 Quips & Quotes
690 A road hog is a motorist who Every romantic girl likes to be thinks he owns the highway sim- taken with a grain of assault. 692. ROAD ROMANCE You can always tell when you are on the right road — it's upgrade. Life is a highway full of  ...
Evan Esar, 1995
7
Referendum
MAKETH. THE. ROAD. HOG. In the middle of the street or highway, rides the road hog, a ton and a half and more in weight. Like his farm—yard counterpart, sometimes the road hog waddles, sometimes he grunts along, looking neither to the ...
American Union Life Insurance Company, New York, 1894
8
Speaking of Animals: A Dictionary of Animal Metaphors
HOLE UP 195 HOG THE ROAD See Hog (v); Road Hog. HOG-TIE to hog-tie someone; to be hog-tied. To render someone helpless; to be rendered helpless. Source: HOG. WNNCD: O.E. When a hog is being taken to slaughter, its four feet are ...
Robert Allen Palmatier, 1995
9
Business: Its Legal, Ethical, and Global Environment
A likely etymology of "hog" to mean a motorcycle is suggested in the entry for " road-hog” in Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English ( 6th ed. 1996), which reports that in the United States as early as 1891 "road-hog”  ...
Marianne Jennings, 2010
10
The Demon Road
The sound of singing floated over from the limo, 'we're passing the Road Hog on the left hand side.' To Hog it sounded like a definite taunt. 'Hey, when you're stuck in the slow lane, better just accept it,' the driver of the car behind the limo ...
Richard Gray, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROAD HOG»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term road hog is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Road hog conviction: Herald readers react
Road hog conviction: Herald readers react ... with their own pet peeves about driving on New Zealand roads, including slow drivers in empty lanes and motorists ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
2
Road Hogs: Hundreds Of Piglets Escape In Crash
Road Hogs: Hundreds Of Piglets Escape In Crash. Authorities search for hundreds of piglets on the loose in Ohio after they escape from an overturned truck. «Sky News, Jun 15»
3
Slow left lane 'road hogs' might get ticketed
“People are fed up with these road hogs in the left hand lane that create a safety hazard for the rest of us,” Baumgartner told KOIN 6 News in a phone interview ... «KOIN.com, Apr 15»
4
Road hog: Best-selling vehicle in Arizona is a truck
Yahoo and Motoramic released a graphic that showed the most popular vehicles in each state in 2014, and Arizona's four-wheel vehicle of choice was the Ram ... «KTAR.com, Mar 15»
5
Dennis "Road Hog" Iverson
Funeral services for Dennis "Road Hog" Iverson are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Ceylon. Interment will follow at Tennhassen ... «Fairmont Sentinel, Mar 15»
6
A Road Hog Advertises
In tight traffic approaching the light at Fifth Avenue and 79th Street from Central Park, another car suddenly squeezed from the left past mine, then zipped around ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
7
Road Hog Saloon
The Road Hog Saloon is located at 55900 East Highway 85A, near the entrance ... The Road Hog Saloon, owned by Judy and J.R. Harris, opened six years ago. «Grandlakenews, Aug 14»
8
Netflix Growth Makes It Road Hog of the Internet
Netflix Growth Makes It Road Hog of the Internet. May 14, 2014. By RICHARD DAVIES. Richard Davies More from Richard ». Richard Davies. Business ... «ABC News, May 14»
9
Aggressive driving can be caused by road hogs
They see nothing wrong with people who waste other people's time; they see no need to dissuade road hogs from clogging traffic. If a crash results from ... «Allentown Morning Call, Apr 14»
10
Road Hog: $1 Million Motorcycle Coming Soon
It wasn't that long ago that the first $1 million car was news. Now, a two-wheel vehicle is about to hit seven figures. Lauge Jensen, the Denmark-based maker of ... «NBCNews.com, Feb 14»

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