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hog-tie en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. The act of tying the feet together in this way.
  2. A harness used to tie the feet this way.

Forms

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hog-ties Number=Plur lexicographic

hog-tie en · VERB

Meanings

  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.

Forms

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hog-tying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hog-tied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
hog-tied Tense=Past lexicographic
hog-ties Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Translations (4)

de fesseln (figurative use) · de knebeln (figurative use) · nl kluisteren (figurative use) · nl knevelen (figurative use)