Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Wildly enthusiastic or unrestrained.
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- adjective
enthusiastic orexcited to afoolish orirrational extent.
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Examples
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We let the kids go hog-wild on candy on Halloween.
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The birds in Carolina Herrera's prints were vivid red, while emerging designer Joseph Altuzarra went hog-wild with tropical floral prints.
The New Neutral: a Rainbow Christina Binkley 2011
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The UGB creates a land premium which has made housing here more expensive than it normally would be which is bad, but this time it did us a favor by making it harder for dumb developers to go hog-wild.
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Thieves are going hog-wild along the border of Iowa and Minnesota.
Year's Swelling Hog Prices Drive Porcine Crime Wave Douglas Belkin 2011
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The cablenewsers seem to be going hog-wild on Blago in a weird way, and it comes across almost like a rebound reaction to the end of an eight-year abusive relationship.
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Please go hog-wild in the comments with your NY bookstore love.
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Catholic theologians go hog-wild as they parse, scrutinize and unravel Judaic elements in Catholic texts and practice.
Michele Somerville: Many Are 'Chosen People' -- And a Few Even Know What It Means 2010
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Many folks, during the first few years living in Mexico, go hog-wild over cooking Mexican food, boasting how their diets have improved with rations of fresh produce and pan dulce, and, somewhat ironically, spending the rest of their time on a mad quest for ingredients not commonly available in these parts.
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Many folks, during the first few years living in Mexico, go hog-wild over cooking Mexican food, boasting how their diets have improved with rations of fresh produce and pan dulce, and, somewhat ironically, spending the rest of their time on a mad quest for ingredients not commonly available in these parts.
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When people have been subjected to years of oppression, it's hard for them not to go hog-wild when they first taste freedom.
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