Dictionary
hog•tie
Pronunciation: (hôg'tī", hog'-), [key]—
v.t., -tied, -ty•ing.
1. to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
2. to hamper or thwart:
Repeated delays hogtied the investigation. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.