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hogging
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As a noun, hogging means the targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem. As an adjective, it means drooping at the ends.
Meanings of hogging
3 meaningsverb
Present participle of hog
noun
slangThe targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem.
Taking up too much of something so others cannot use it.
“The child was hogging the arcade game.”
adjective
nauticalengineeringDrooping at the ends; arching; in distinction from sagging.
“For a cantilevered beam, the steel reinforcement should be placed at the top to carry the hogging moment along the upper face.”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).