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hog-tied

hog-tied is the simple past and past participle of hog-tie.

Meaning of hog-tie

Verb

hog-tie (third-person singular simple present hog-ties, present participle hog-tying, simple past and past participle hog-tied)

  1. (transitive) To tie the feet of person or animal together; originally all four legs of a quadruped.
    • # “As an inventor,” Bob Mason suggested, “you're a howling success at shooting craps ! If I were as free of spavins, ringbone, saddle-galls, and splints as you are, I'd have that nanny-goat in here, hog-tie her, flop her and let the boy help himself. […]”1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter XII, in The Understanding Heart
  2. (figuratively) To render helpless.

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Questions about hog-tied

What is hog-tied the simple past and past participle of?
Hog-tied is the simple past and past participle of hog-tie.

Words near hog-tied in the dictionary

  1. hog-rings
  2. hog-rubber
  3. hog-rubbers
  4. hog-slip
  5. hog-tie
  6. hog-tied
  7. hog-tieing
  8. hog-ties
  9. hog-tight
  10. hog-tights
  11. hog-tooth spar

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