hog
/hɒɡ/
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American sound/hɒɡ/
hog
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Myanmar meaning
(n) ဝက်ထီး။ စားမာန်ခုပ်သူ။ငို့ဘသမား။ (v) လက်ဝါးကြီးအုပ်သည်။မောင်ပိုင်စီးသည်။
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၁။ ဝက်(ထီး)။ Compare BOAR, SOW2
၂။ (infml derog ) စားမာန်ခုပ်သူ။ ငို့ဘသမား။
v (-gg- ) (infml ) လက်ဝါးကြီးအုပ်သည်။ မောင်ပိုင်စီးသည်။
hog (the middle of) the road (ie drive near the middle of the road so that others cannot get past) ❍ hog the bath room (ie spend a long time in it, preventing others from using it) ❍ hog the fire (ie sit in front of it so that others do not feel the heat) ❍ an actor who likes to hog the stage/ the limelight ❍ Stop hogging the cheese and pass it round!
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control, dominate, take over, corner the market, be greedy, be selfish, boar, cob roller, cormorant, corner, epicure, glutton, gobble up, gorger, gormandizer, gourmand, grab all of, greedy eater, hang onto, have all to oneself, hefty eater, help yourself, keep, monopolize, oinker, pig, piggy, piglet, porker, razorback, shoat, sow, swine, take the lion's share of, warthog
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