Definitions for hookswinging

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hookswinging hook·swing·ing

Spelling: [hoo k-swing-ing]

IPA: /ˈhʊkˌswɪŋ ɪŋ/

Hookswinging is a 12 letter English word.

You can make 303 anagrams from letters in hookswinging (gghiiknnoosw).

Definitions for hookswinging

noun

1. a 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 hookswinging

First recorded in 1890-95; hook¹ + swing¹ + -ing¹