Hogget
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhɒɡɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hogget is a noun meaning (countable, chiefly UK, New Zealand) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
Meaning
(countable, chiefly UK, New Zealand) A young colt or sheep of either gender from about 9 to 18 months of age (until it cuts 2 teeth).
More Meanings
- (uncountable, chiefly UK, New Zealand) The meat of a young sheep.
- (countable, chiefly UK) A young boar of the second year.
Example Sentences
They were kept in separate flocks; first there were the hoggets, then the oldest of the younger lambs and lastly the very young ones all kept apart from one another […]
The butcher told him he didn’t have any lamb. Bummer, Max thought. Then the butcher told him, “We have hogget.” […] With some prodding, the butcher explained that hogget is meat from a sheep that is older than a lamb and younger than the animals that make mutton. It was delicious, this hogget.
Word Forms
- hoggets
Synonyms for hogget
Depending on context, synonyms include hog, hogg.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hogg, hog, hoggaster, tegg, shoat, knobbler.
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