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View definitions for hog-wild

hog-wild

adjective as in overenthusiastic

adjective as in hog-wild

adverb as in tooth and nail

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Example Sentences

His term is up, as is Hamas's (and they continue to run hog wild in Gaza, which Abu Mazen won't dare enter).

How "Joe Gardner's mule had gone plumb hog-wild when he tried to ride past the ol' ruins near th' ranch."

I reckon old Press deserved it—he's been running hog-wild round this town and this county too long already.

"Man went hog-wild with his new-found freedom from divine guidance," he said.

If the system had included a miniature full-color television camera, he could have gone hog wild.

But there's goin' to be some fightin' sure as taxes, and when I get to fightin', I'm liable to go plumb, hog wild.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hog-wild, such as: enthusiastic, extreme, rabid, unrestrained, unruly, and wild.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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