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# roadhog

noun (a roadhog, roadhogs; also «road hog»)

«roadhog» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A driver who drives selfishly and dangerously, too fast or taking up too much of the road so others cannot pass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#m1)
2. More loosely, anyone (also a cyclist) who acts as if the road belongs to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#m2)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad becomes a roadhog after he falls in love with motor cars: he drives wildly, crashes cars, and is called a «road-hog» and worse at his trial. Early motorists in the 1900s were often blamed for frightening horses and people. For safety lessons: a roadhog ignores other road users; good drivers share the road. A hog is a pig, so the word calls the driver greedy like a pig.

### Examples

- A roadhog in a big van zoomed past us on the narrow lane. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#x1)
- Toad was a terrible roadhog, crashing car after car. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#x2)
- Don't be a roadhog on your bike – let others pass on the path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#x3)
- The newspaper called the speeding driver a dangerous roadhog. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#x4)
- Dad grumbled about the roadhog who wouldn't let him change lanes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#x5)
- A roadhog frightened the horses and scattered the hens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Written as one word, two words («road hog») or with a hyphen («road-hog»); all are fine. It is an insult, not a polite word.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «roadhog» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roadhog/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«roadhog» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/roadhog.html) on Mova free.