Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To tie together the feet or legs of.
- transitive verb Informal To impede or disrupt in movement or action. synonym: hobble.
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- verb Alternative spelling of
hog-tie .
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Examples
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Then dismounting and springing nimbly upon the prostrate beast, they quickly fastened the beast's feet with a "hogtie" hitch so that he could not rise, a fire was built, the short saddle iron heated, and the beast branded.
The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier Edgar Beecher Bronson
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However, more consistently Christian conservative candidates such as Bachmann and Palin may hogtie Perry with the HPV issue and unravel Perry's strong-moral-guardian image.
Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto: Rick Perry: Fred Thompson and Barry Goldwater's Lovechild Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto 2011
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Show of hands, how many people first that it was a bunch of cowboys on horses chasing around of panicked gay guys, maybe trying to lasso and hogtie them?
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If yours is not held tied, hogtie it something like the picture at right.
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Show of hands, how many people first that it was a bunch of cowboys on horses chasing around of panicked gay guys, maybe trying to lasso and hogtie them?
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VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'They go in, and they hogtie the prisoner, sometimes leaving them hogtied for hours on end.
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They go in, and they hogtie the prisoner, sometimes leaving them hogtied for hours on end.
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With Democrats controlling the Senate by just one vote, Kruger discovered that any one member can effectively veto controversial legislation and hogtie Mr. Paterson and the Assembly in the process.
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On the other hand, as Larry Swedroe points out in his CBS MoneyWatch. com blog, Warren Buffett just bought Burlington Northern railroad-not the action of a man worried that the carry trade is about to hogtie the economy.
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Wasn't John Edwards such a skilled trial lawyer that he was going to twirl a verbal noose, and hogtie Dick Cheney.
McCain Denies Blaming Obama And Democrats For Bailout Collapse 2009
arby commented on the word hogtie
Or perhaps hog-tie? I totally typoed this as hogtoe which is not a word but should be.
July 19, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hogtie
Sounds like what corrupt politicians do to their constituents. Hogtoed again!
July 19, 2007
slumry commented on the word hogtie
Or perhaps a *natural* medicine? Take a teaspoon of hogtoe and call me in the morning.
July 19, 2007
uselessness commented on the word hogtie
Like eye of newt? Gross!!
July 19, 2007