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1. (n.) hock
the joint in the hind leg of a horse, cow, etc., above the fetlock joint, corresponding anatomically to the ankle in humans.
2. hock
a corresponding joint in a fowl.
3. (Chiefly Brit.) hock
any white Rhine wine.
4. (v.t.) hock
to pawn.
5. (n.) hock
the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn.
6. hock
the condition of owing; debt.
Etymology: (1520–30; earlier hockie, perh. =hock-hook+-ie -ie)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock
any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
2. (verb) hock, hock-joint
tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
3. (verb) pawn, soak, hock
leave as a guarantee in return for money
"pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
4. (verb) hock
disable by cutting the hock
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) hock
a Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines
2. (noun) hock
alt. of Hough
3. (verb) hock
to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough
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Sense: a joint on the hind leg of an animal, below the knee
The horse has an injured hock.
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 Afrikaans: hakskeengewrig |
 Arabic: عُرْقوب |
 Bulgarian: става в долната част на з |
 Brazilian: jarrete |
 Czech: hlezno |
 German: das Fesselgelenk |
 Danish: hase |
 Greek: ταρσός |
 Spanish: corvejón |
 Estonian: põlveõnnal |
 Farsi: مفصل خرگوشی |
 Finnish: kinner |
 French: jarret |
 Hebrew: קַרסוֹל הַסוּס |
 Hindi: जानवरों के पिछले पैर का ज |
 Croatian: skocni zglob (stražnje) k |
 Hungarian: csánk (lóé, marháé) |
 Indonesian: sendi kaki |
 Icelandic: hækilbein |
 Italian: garretto |
 Japanese: 後足のひざ |
 Korean: 비절(飛節) |
 Lithuanian: kulnas, gurnas |
 Latvian: paceles cīpsla (dzīvnieka |
 Malay: pergelangan kaki belakang |
 Dutch: spronggewricht |
 Norwegian: hase |
 Polish: nadpięstek |
 Persian: مفصل خرگوشی |
 Pashto: د څارویو د شا د پخو منځنی |
 Portuguese: jarrete |
 Romanian: jaret |
 Russian: скакательный сустав |
 Slovak: pätový kĺb |
 Slovenian: podkolenica (priživali) |
 Serbian: kolenica |
 Swedish: has |
 Thai: ข้อเท้าหลังของสัตว์สี่เท้ |
 Turkish: art diz |
 Taiwanese: (動物後腿上)跗關節 |
 Ukrainian: жижки |
 Urdu: چوپاۓ کی پچھلی پنڈلی |
 Vietnamese: khuỷu chân sau |
 Chinese: 跗关节 |
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