hog-tie

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of tying the feet together in this way.
  2. A harness used to tie the feet this way.
动词 v.
  1. To tie the feet of person or animal together; originally all four legs of a quadruped. transitive
    — # “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. […]”
  2. To render helpless. figuratively

词形变化

hog-ties present,singular,third-person hog-tying participle,present hog-tied participle,past hog-tied past hog-ties plural
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