Definitions for whole-hog

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whole-hog whole-hog

Spelling: [hohl-hawg, -hog]

IPA: /ˈhoʊlˈhɔg, -ˈhɒg/

Whole-Hog is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in whole-hog (-eghhloow).

Definitions for whole-hog

noun

1. the furthest extent; everything:

Idioms

1. go whole hog, to do something completely or thoroughly: Also, go the whole hog.

adjective

1. complete and thorough; wholehearted.

Origin of whole-hog

First recorded in 1820-30

Examples for whole-hog

Why did we buy into AIG and Citigroup when we could have actually bought Goldman whole-hog, for a cut-rate price?

He must be "a whole-hog man" or nothing, a Whig or a Democrat.

The "whole-hog men" would have none of them, and therein lay the distinction.