Definitions for hockhɒk

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hockhɒk(n.)

  1. the joint in the hind leg of a horse, cow, etc., above the fetlock joint, corresponding anatomically to the ankle in humans.

    Category: Zoology

  2. a corresponding joint in a fowl.

    Category: Zoology

Origin of hock:

1375–1425; var. of dial. hough, ME ho(u)gh, appar. back formation from late ME hokschyn, etc., OE hōhsinu hock (lit., heel) sinew

hock*hɒk(n.)

  1. any white Rhine wine.

    Category: British

* Chiefly Brit..

Origin of hock:

1615–25; short for Hockamore, alter. of G Hochheimer <Hochheim, Germany

hockhɒk

  1. (v.t.)to pawn.

  2. (n.)the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn.

  3. the condition of owing; debt.

Origin of hock:

1855–60 < D hok kennel, pen, prison

hock′er(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock(noun)

    any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

  2. hock, hock-joint(verb)

    tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

  3. pawn, soak, hock(verb)

    leave as a guarantee in return for money

    "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

  4. hock(verb)

    disable by cutting the hock

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hock(noun)

    a Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines

  2. Hock(noun)

    alt. of Hough

  3. Hock(verb)

    to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. HOCK

    v. t. To "soak" what we least need. In Germany, they generally "Hock the Kaiser."


Translations for hock

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

hock(noun)

a joint on the hind leg of an animal, below the knee

The horse has an injured hock.

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