hog-tie

verb

To tie together the feet of a person or the feet or four legs of a nonhuman animal.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person hog-ties · participle present hog-tying · participle past hog-tied · past hog-tied

  1. transitiveTo tie together the feet of a person or the feet or four legs of a nonhuman animal.

    # “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. figurativelyTo render helpless.
nounhog-tie (plural hog-ties)

plural hog-ties

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

Translations

Dutch kluisteren, knevelen
  • kluisterenfigurative use
  • knevelenfigurative use
German fesseln, knebeln
  • fesselnfigurative use
  • knebelnfigurative use
Cite this entry
APA

hog-tie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog-tie

MLA

“hog-tie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog-tie. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hog-tie,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hog-tie.

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