hock
Meat from that part of a food animalMeat from that part of a food animal.
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Examples
3 sentencesDid Tom hock his saxophone again?
Hock these for me.
The U.S. is in hock up to its eyeballs.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)Meat from that part of a food animal.
о́корокókorok
рулькаrulʹka
(countable)The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Haxe, Hachse
скакательный суста́вskakatelʹnyj sustáv
(countable)The hollow behind the knee.
жижкаžyžka
More meanings 6
(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.
(countable, uncountable)A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
(informal, uncountable)Installment purchase.
(informal, uncountable)Prison.
(informal)The last card turned up in the game of faro.
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage)
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
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- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (‘hock’ is British usage):Rhine wineRhenish
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle:hock-joint
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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