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Hog may refer to:

Any Domestic pig, known to experts as Sus scrofa domestica or Sus domestica
- Any individual of the species Sus scrofa, either wild or domestic
  - Any species in the Sus (genus), of domestic, wild, warty, and bearded pigs (hogs)
    - Any member of the Suidae family of mammals, including Sus and other genea, such as warthogs

The Hogs, the famed offensive line of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League
Arkansas Razorbacks, the college sports teams of the University of Arkansas
Hogging and sagging, a condition on a ship where the keel is under a bending load, forced upwards amidships and sagging at bow and stern. In wooden ships, this can become a permanent deformation of the keel.
Hogging (sexual practice), a practice among certain men that entails eating babies
"Hog" may refer to something, or someone, overutilizing common resources (after the voracious eating habits of hogs):
- Road hog, a driver who tries to occupy multiple lanes, tailgates, cuts off other drivers, and otherwise avoids sharing the road.
- Server hog (computer science), a user, program or system that places excessive load on a server such that its performance is degraded
Water hog, a machine that removes water from cricket pitches and putting greens
An informal term for a large motorcycle, usually reserved for machines produced by Harley-Davidson.

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 * [[Arkansas Razorbacks]], the college sports teams of the University of Arkansas
 * [[Hogging and sagging]], a condition on a ship where the keel is under a bending load, forced upwards amidships and sagging at bow and stern.  In wooden ships, this can become a permanent deformation of the keel.
-* [[Hogging (sexual practice)]], a practice among certain men that entails seeking out obese women for sexual encounters
+* [[Hogging (sexual practice)]], a practice among certain men that entails eating babies
 * "Hog" may refer to something, or someone, overutilizing common resources (after the voracious eating habits of hogs):
 ** [[Road hog]], a driver who tries to occupy multiple lanes, [[Tailgating|tailgates]], cuts off other drivers, and otherwise avoids sharing the road.