hock
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hockTo disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
» Did Tom hock his saxophone again?
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3 senses(transitive)To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
disable by cutting the hock
(colloquial, transitive)To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
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(US, informal)To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
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
From Middle English hough, hoche, hokke, from Old English hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hFrom 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.
From Yiddish האַק (hak), imperative singular form of האַקן (hakn, “to knock”), from the idiomatic expression האַק מיר נישט קיין טשײַניק (hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik, “don't knock a teakettle at me”).
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Forms
hocks, hocking, hocked, hockedSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle