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gas-hog

gas-hog noun: a vehicle or machine that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.

Noun

gas-hog (plural gas-hogs)

  1. (informal) A vehicle or machine that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.
    • My tractor is a gas-hog! It consumes a disproportionately high amount of fuel for the amount of work it performs.

Forms of gas-hog

pluralgas-hogs

Origin of gas-hog

From gas + hog.

Questions about gas-hog

What does gas-hog mean?
Gas-hog means a vehicle or machine that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.
What part of speech is gas-hog?
Gas-hog is a noun.
What is the plural of gas-hog?
The plural of gas-hog is gas-hogs.

Words near gas-hog in the dictionary

  1. gas-fired
  2. gas-firing
  3. gas-guzzler
  4. gas-guzzlers
  5. gas-guzzling
  6. gas-hog
  7. gas-hogs
  8. gas-house egg
  9. gas-house eggs
  10. gas-jet
  11. gas-light

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