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单词 hog-tying
释义

hog-tie

verb

ˈhȯg-ˌtī How to pronounce hog-tie (audio)
ˈhäg-
hog-tied; hog-tying; hog-ties

transitive verb

1
: to tie together the feet of
2
: to make helpless : stymie
hog-tie scientific progress

Synonyms

  • clog
  • cramp
  • embarrass
  • encumber
  • fetter
  • hamper
  • handcuff
  • handicap
  • hinder
  • hobble
  • hold back
  • hold up
  • impede
  • inhibit
  • interfere (with)
  • manacle
  • obstruct
  • shackle
  • short-circuit
  • stymie
  • tie up
  • trammel
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Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

hog-tying

verb

present participle of hog-tie
as in impeding
to create difficulty for the work or activity of their principals' inflexible demands virtually hog-tied the diplomats' efforts to negotiate a peace treaty

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • impeding
  • hampering
  • hindering
  • embarrassing
  • obstructing
  • handcuffing
  • handicapping
  • inhibiting
  • shackling
  • restraining
  • clogging
  • delaying
  • fettering
  • cramping
  • hobbling
  • disrupting
  • encumbering
  • trammelling
  • short-circuiting
  • trammeling
  • stymieing
  • constraining
  • tying
  • thwarting
  • blocking
  • tying up
  • holding back
  • reining
  • binding
  • strangling
  • frustrating
  • curbing
  • cramping one's style
  • manacling
  • tieing up
  • stifling
  • interfering (with)
  • arresting
  • chaining
  • balking
  • braking
  • tieing
  • retarding
  • checking
  • giving a hard time
  • barricading
  • tethering
  • retaining
  • sabotaging
  • confining
  • choking
  • leashing
  • smothering
  • holding up
  • blockading
  • baffling
  • haltering
  • suffocating
  • roadblocking
  • stumping
  • muzzling
  • derailing
  • foiling
  • miring
  • repressing
  • suppressing
  • bogging (down)
  • hemming (in)
  • hedging (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • assisting
  • aiding
  • helping
  • facilitating
  • freeing
  • opening
  • liberating
  • releasing
  • unplugging
  • untying
  • unclogging
  • loosening
  • clearing
  • promoting
  • untieing
  • unstopping
  • encouraging
  • smoothing
  • making way
  • furthering
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