hog-tie

1. 1.

   tie together somebody's limbs

   “The prisoner was hog-tied”

   Broadertie down

Questions about hog-tie

What does hog-tie mean?

hog-tie means "tie together somebody's limbs".

How many syllables are in hog-tie?

hog-tie has 2 syllables and divides as hog--tie under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is hog-tie a common word?

hog-tie is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.