English Explanatory Dictionary

hookswinging

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A ritualistic form of torture in which a volunteer was hung from hooks attached to the flesh on the back.

Word forms

hookswinging

Etymology

From hook + swinging.

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