verb · transitive · rare

hox

hox · hoxes · hoxed · hoxing

To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disableTo hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Meaning

1 senses

(obsolete)To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from

Inherited from Middle English hoxen, reduction or back-formation of earlier hoxenen, from the noun *hoxene (only attested as hokschyne, with alteration after schyne), from Old English hōhsinu, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄hasinu, from Proto-Germanic *hanhasinwō, from *hanhaz (“heel”) + *senawō (“sinew”). Compare hough, huxen, and sinew.

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Forms

hoxes, hoxing, hoxed, hoxed

Base form	hox · to hox
3rd person singular	hoxes
Present participle	hoxing
Past simple	hoxed
Past participle	hoxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	hox
he, she, it	hoxes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

hoxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have hoxed
he, she, it	has hoxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will hox

Synonyms

3 synonyms

hamstring hock hough

Lessons 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

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