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hogging

UK
/ˈhɒɡɪŋ/
US
/ˈhɑɡɪŋ/

Translations

hoggingnoun
hoggings
pl
cambrureSens naval et technique : courbure vers le haut d’une coque ou d’une grande structure.
After battling heavy seas, the vessel began to show noticeable hogging amidships.
Après avoir affronté une mer forte, le navire a commencé à présenter une cambrure notable au milieu de la coque.
accaparementSens général : fait de prendre ou d’utiliser plus que sa juste part.
His hogging of the conversation left little room for others to speak.
Son accaparement de la conversation laissait peu de place aux autres pour parler.
Additional translations
grossophobieSens argotique et péjoratif : pratique sexiste fondée sur le mépris des femmes obèses.
Synonyms
grabbing
seizing
monopolizing
dominating
taking
hogginggerund / present participle
UK
/ˈhɒɡɪŋ/
US
/ˈhɑːɡɪŋ/
accapareurSe dit d’une personne ou d’une attitude qui prend plus que sa part.
His hogging attitude at the buffet irritated the other guests.
Son attitude accapareuse au buffet irritait les autres invités.
Synonyms
cornering
taking over
hogging (no change)
dominating
monopolizing
crowding out
usurping
selfishly taking
clingy (contextual)
hoarding
preempting
commandeering
appropriating
seizing
grabbing
hogverb

hogging

Gerund

hogged
Past Simple
hogged
Past Participle
hogging
Gerund
UK
/hɒɡ/
US
/hɑɡ/
monopoliserPrendre ou utiliser plus que sa part.
He tends to hog the remote control, never letting anyone else choose what to watch.
Il a tendance à monopoliser la télécommande et ne laisse jamais personne choisir ce qu’on regarde.
Additional translations
se cintrerTerme maritime : se courber vers le haut au centre.
Synonyms
hoard
monopolize
keep
squander
retain

Definitions

hoggingnoun
The act of taking or using more than one's fair share of something.
His hogging of the conversation left little room for others to speak.
An upward bending of a ship's hull or other long structure in which the middle section rises higher than the bow and stern.
After battling heavy seas, the vessel began to show noticeable hogging amidships.
A misogynistic practice in which men seek out sexual encounters with overweight women as a form of competition or ridicule.
The university condemned the fraternity after allegations of hogging surfaced.
hogginggerund / present participle
Taking or inclined to take more than one's fair share; greedy.
His hogging attitude at the buffet irritated the other guests.
hogverb
To take or use more than one's fair share of something.
He tends to hog the remote control, never letting anyone else choose what to watch.
To cause or undergo an upward arching at the center, especially of a ship's hull or deck.
After years out of the water, the vessel's keel had hogged noticeably.
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