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Definition of Hog-tie
1. Verb. Tie together somebody's limbs. "They want to hog-tie the prisoners "; "The prisoner was hog-tied"
Definition of Hog-tie
1. Verb. To tie an animal's or someone's feet together; originally all four legs of a quadruped. ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) To render helpless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hog-tie
Literary usage of Hog-tie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. War Addresses, 1917 by Pennsylvania Society of New York (1918)
"animal, and that is to "hog-tie" him, as the farmers call it. We should hog-tie
every German-American who has abused our hospitality and send him back to ..."
2. Western Grazing Grounds and Forest Ranges: A History of the Live-stock by Will Croft Barnes (1913)
"Hog Tie.—To tie an animal down by all four feet. Hoodlum Wagon.—The extra wagon
taken with the chuck wagon on the roundup to haul grain, extra bedding, ..."
3. Christianizing the Social Order by Walter Rauschenbusch (1912)
"One nation after the other has had to hog-tie competition by government interference,
inspection, and paternalism in the interests of safety and humanity. ..."
4. Flashlights from Mountain and Plain by Duke Davis (1911)
"The quickest way to get the advantage of a wild horse or cow is to rope it by
the feet and throw it immediately and "hog-tie" it. There are men who can thus ..."
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