English Explanatory Dictionary

hock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
noun
  1. The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
  2. Meat from that part of a food animal.
  3. The hollow behind the knee.
verb
  1. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
verb
  1. To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
noun
  1. Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
  2. Debt.
  3. Installment purchase.
  4. Prison.
verb
  1. To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
verb
  1. Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
noun
  1. Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
noun
  1. The last card turned up in the game of faro.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/hɒk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hock.wav /hɑk/

Word forms

hock hocks hocking hocked hak

Etymology

Clipping of hockamore, from German.

Synonyms

Hochheimer hamstring hough hox hocking

Related words

claret sack tent soon hock

Derived words

forehock ham hock heel hock lock rattle one's hocks shake one's hocks vulture hock hockshop unhock Hock Monday Hock Tuesday hocker soda to hock Hock process Hock tide
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