Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gas-hog

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.56 in modern English

Syllables: gas-hog
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A vehicle or machine that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.

Informal

Example Sentences

"My tractor is a gas-hog! It consumes a disproportionately high amount of fuel for the amount of work it performs."

Etymology

From gas + hog.

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

gas-hogs (plural)

Questions

What does gas-hog mean?: A vehicle or machine that consumes a large amount of gasoline or fuel, or a person who owns or drives such a vehicle.
Where does gas-hog come from?: From gas + hog.

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