Definitions for warthog

warthog wart·hog

Spelling: [wawrt-hawg, -hog]
IPA: /ˈwɔrtˌhɔg, -ˌhɒg/

Warthog is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 153 anagrams from letters in warthog (aghortw).

Definitions for warthog

noun

  1. an African wild swine, Phacochoerus aethiopicus, having large tusks and warty protuberances on the face.

Origin of warthog

First recorded in 1830-40; wart + hog

Examples for warthog

The Air Force, the official said, does not “hate” the warthog as many critics have charged.

Proponents of the warthog, however, argue that the ageing plane has no equal in supporting troops on the ground.

Thus far, Congress has prevented the service from putting the warthog out to pasture.

Further, the Air Force official poured some cold water on the legacy of the warthog—despite its popularity with the ground troops.

And, having killed a jabberwock, and found it fat and nice, he thought he'd eat according to the warthog's sage advice.

One shudders to think of the mental humiliation that is daily experienced by the warthog and the mandrill.

As we chatted, her flat-mate arrived with a pitbull the size of a warthog.

But out of the long grass shot a warthog, her tail antennae-straight, with piglets scuttling behind.

Word Value for warthog
Scrable

14

Words with friends

14

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