hogtied

Variant of hogtie

hogtie definition

☆ hog·tie (hôg′tī′)

transitive verb hogtied -·tied′, hogtying -·ty′·ing or hogtieing -·tie′·ing

  1. to tie the four feet or the hands and feet of
  2. Informal to make incapable of effective action, as if by tying up

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