hock
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim…A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
» Did Tom hock his saxophone again?
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
(countable)The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Haxe, Hachse
скакательный суста́вskakatelʹnyj sustáv
(countable, uncountable)Meat from that part of a food animal.
о́корокókorok
рулькаrulʹka
(countable)The hollow behind the knee.
жижкаžyžka
(informal, uncountable)Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
(informal, uncountable)Debt.
They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
(informal, uncountable)Installment purchase.
(informal, uncountable)Prison.
(informal)The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
Examples
3 sentencesDid Tom hock his saxophone again?
Hock these for me.
The U.S. is in hock up to its eyeballs.
Translations
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Origin
Clipping of hockamore, from German. From Middle English hough, hoche, hokke, from Old EngClipping of hockamore, from German.
From Middle English hough, hoche, hokke, from Old English hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-.
From the phrase in hock, circa 1855-60, from Dutch hok (“hutch, hovel, jail, pen, doghouse”). Compare also Middle English hukken (“to sell; peddle; sell at auction”), see huck.
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Forms
plural: hocksSynonyms
4 synonyms- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle:hock-joint
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage):Rhine wineRhenish
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable