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hog-tying

hog-tying is the present participle and gerund 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-tying

What is hog-tying the present participle and gerund of?
Hog-tying is the present participle and gerund of hog-tie.

Words near hog-tying in the dictionary

  1. hog-tooth spar
  2. hog-train
  3. hog-trains
  4. hog-tub
  5. hog-tubs
  6. hog-tying
  7. hog-wallow
  8. hog-wallowing
  9. hog-wallows
  10. hog-whimpering
  11. hog-wild

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