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hogtie

hogtie is the alternative spelling 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.

See all 4 meanings of hog-tie

Forms of hogtie

Verb
third-person singular presenthogties
present participlehogtying
past participlehogtied
pasthogtied
Noun
pluralhogties

Questions about hogtie

What is hogtie the alternative spelling of?
Hogtie is the alternative spelling of hog-tie.

Words near hogtie in the dictionary

  1. Hogstons
  2. hogsty
  3. hogsucker
  4. hogsuckers
  5. hogswallop
  6. hogtie
  7. hogtied
  8. hogtieing
  9. hogties
  10. hogtight
  11. hogtights

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