单词 | hookswinging |
释义 | hookswinging[ hook-swing-ing ] / ˈhʊkˌswɪŋ ɪŋ / nouna ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back. Origin of hookswingingFirst recorded in 1890–95; hook1 + swing1 + -ing1 Words nearby hookswinginghooknose, Hook of Holland, hook or crook, Hooks, hook shot, hookswinging, hooktender, hook-tip, hookup, hookworm, hookworm disease Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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