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Hock
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Hock has 2 senses
- hock(n = noun.food) rhenish, rhine wine - any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage); Array is a kind of white wine
- hock(n = noun.animal) hock-joint - tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle; Array is a part of hoofed mammal, ungulate, hind leg
has particulars: riesling, liebfraumilch
is a kind of articulatio, articulation, joint
Derived form verb hock1
Verb Hock has 2 senses
- hock(v = verb.possession) pawn, soak - leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" is one way to charge, consign
- hock(v = verb.body) Array - disable by cutting the hock; Array is one way to disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid
Derived form noun hock2
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CIDE DICTIONARY
Hock, n. [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.].
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
Hock, n. [ AS. hh the heel; prob. akin to Icel. hāsinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, hächse, LG. hacke, D. hak; also to L. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. Heel.].
- The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. [1913 Webster]
- The popliteal space; the ham. [1913 Webster]
Hock, v. t.
- To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. [1913 Webster]
- To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry. [PJC]
Hock, n.
- The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by
in ; as, all her jewelry is in hock. [PJC] - The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Hock, n.
1 the joint of a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock.
2 a knuckle of pork; the lower joint of a ham.
1 the joint of a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock.
2 a knuckle of pork; the lower joint of a ham.
Hock, n. Brit. a German white wine from the Rhineland (properly that of Hochheim on the river Main).
Hock, v. & n. esp. US colloq.
--v.tr. pawn; pledge.
--n. a pawnbroker's pledge.
--v.tr. pawn; pledge.
--n. a pawnbroker's pledge.
Idiom
in hock
1 in pawn.
2 in debt.
3 in prison.
1 in pawn.
2 in debt.
3 in prison.
Etymology
Du. hok hutch, prison, debt
THESAURUS
Hock
ankle, bail, bayonet legs, bond, bottomry, bowlegs, calf, cnemis, deposit, drumstick, earnest, earnest money, escrow, foreleg, gage, gamb, gambrel, gigot, go bail, ham, handsel, hind leg, hostage, hypothecate, impignorate, jamb, knee, leg, limb, mainprise, mortgage, pawn, pignus, pledge, podite, popliteal space, post, put in hock, put in pawn, put up, recognizance, replevin, replevy, scissor-legs, shank, shin, spout, stake, stems, stumps, surety, tarsus, token payment, trotters, undertaking, vadimonium, vadium
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