English Explanatory Dictionary

whole hog

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Total; entire; without restraint.
adv
  1. Totally; entirely.
noun
  1. The entire amount; the full extent.

Word forms

whole hog

Etymology

See go the whole hog.

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 lock stock and barrel the whole bang shoot the whole nine yards the works whole ball of wax whole hog whole enchilada whole kit and caboodle whole package whole shebang whole shitting match whole shooting match whole smash

Derived words

go the whole hog whole-hogger whole-hoggism
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