whole hog
whole hog adjective: total; entire; without restraint.
Adjective
whole hog (not comparable)
- Total; entire; without restraint.
Adverb
whole hog (not comparable)
- Totally; entirely.
Noun
whole hog
- The entire amount; the full extent.
- Synonyms:
- all the marbles, bag and baggage, everytang, everything but the galley stove, everything but the kitchen sink, everything under the sun, full monty, hook, line and sinker, kit and caboodle
Synonyms of whole hog
- all the marbles
- bag and baggage
- everytang
- everything but the galley stove
- everything but the kitchen sink
- everything under the sun
- full monty
- hook
- line and sinker
- kit and caboodle
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Origin of whole hog
See go the whole hog.
Words formed from whole hog
Questions about whole hog
- What does whole hog mean?
- Whole hog means total; entire; without restraint.
- What part of speech is whole hog?
- Whole hog can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
Words near whole hog in the dictionary
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