Definition of Road hog

1. Noun. A driver who obstructs others.

Exact synonyms: Roadhog
Generic synonyms: Driver

Definition of Road hog

1. Noun. A motorist who straddles two lanes of traffic or otherwise monopolizes the road. ¹

2. Noun. A bad or inconsiderate driver of a motor vehicle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Road Hog

road accident
road agent
road apple
road apples
road builder
road burn
road car
road case
road construction
road film
road fund licence
road fund licences
road game
road gang
road grit
road hog (current term)
road hogs
road map
road maps
road mender
road metal
road movie
road picture
road race
road races
road racing
road rage
road rash
road roller
road rollers

Literary usage of Road hog

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outing (1893)
"On this pike the Ohio road-hog lives and flourishes. He is a creature different from the species found in New York and Pennsylvania, in that he is meaner, ..."

2. Through Terror to Triumph: Speeches and Pronouncements of David Lloyd George by David Lloyd George (1915)
"The Prussian Junker is the road-hog of Europe. Small nationalities in his way are hurled to the roadside, bleeding and broken. ..."

3. The Parliamentary Debatesby Great Britain Parliament by Great Britain Parliament (1905)
"What wai a " road hog 1 " These " road hogs " he ventured to think were defined by the first clause of the Mo tor-Car Act, which prescribed certain ..."

4. Oregon, the Picturesque: A Book of Rambles in the Oregon Country and in the by Thomas Dowler Murphy (1917)
"... and though I protested against the reflection on my remote ancestry, we still identify the road hog who gave us such a scare, by this appellation. ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1909)
"The former, commonly known as the "road-hog," has no more right to be consulted on the measures applicable to dangerous driving than a professional forger ..."

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