hookswinging
[ hoo k-swing-ing ]
/ ˈhʊkˌswɪŋ ɪŋ /
noun
a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
Words nearby hookswinging
hooker,
hooker's green,
hookey,
hooknose,
hooks,
hookswinging,
hooktender,
hookup,
hookworm,
hookworm disease,
hooky
Example sentences from the Web for hook-swinging
The hook-swinging ceremony is said69 to be sometimes performed after the consent of the goddess has been obtained.
Omens and Superstitions of Southern India |Edgar ThurstonThey are however no credit to their religion, for one of their principal ceremonies is hook-swinging.
Hinduism And Buddhism, Volume II. (of 3) |Charles Eliot