What does HOCK mean?
Definitions for HOCK
hɒkhock
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Princeton's WordNet
Rhine wine, Rhenish, hocknoun
any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
hock, hock-jointverb
tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
pawn, soak, hockverb
leave as a guarantee in return for money
"pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
hockverb
disable by cutting the hock
GCIDE
Hockverb
To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry.
Hocknoun
The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock.
Hocknoun
The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hocknoun
the same with The joint between the knee and the fetlock.
Etymology: hoh , Saxon.
Hock, Hockamorenoun
Old strong Rhenish.
Etymology: from Hockheim on the Maine.
Restor’d the fainting high and mighty,
With brandy, wine, and aqua vitæ;
And made ’em stoutly overcome
With bachrach, hockamore and mum. Hudibras, p. iii.Wine becomes sharp, as in hock, like the vitriolick acidity. John Floyer, on the Humours.
If cyder-royal should become unpleasant, and as unfit to bottle as old hockamore, mix one hogshead of that and one of tart new cyder together. John Mortimer, Husbandry.
To Hockverb
To disable in the hock.
Etymology: from the noun.
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hock
Hock is a term that can have different meanings depending on its usage: 1. In anatomy, especially in animals such as horses and dogs, it refers to the joint in the hind leg that is equivalent to the human ankle. 2. In wine terminology, 'Hock' is a British term for German white wine, often applied specifically to Rhine Wine. 3. As a verb, 'hock' means to pawn something or use it as collateral for a loan.
Webster Dictionary
Hocknoun
a Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines
Hocknoun
alt. of Hough
Hockverb
to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough
Etymology: [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.]
Wikidata
Hock
The hock, or gambrel, is the joint between the tarsal bones and tibia of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammal, such as a horse, cat, or dog. This joint may include articulations between tarsal bones and the fibula in some species, while in others the fibula has been greatly reduced and is only found as a vestigial remnant fused to the distal portion of the tibia. It is the anatomical homologue of the ankle of the human foot. While homologous joints occur in other tetrapods, the term is generally restricted to mammals, particularly long-legged domesticated species.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Hock
hok, n. and v. See Hough.
Hock
hok, n. properly, the wine made at Hochheim, Germany; now applied to all white Rhine wines.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
HOCK
v. t. To "soak" what we least need. In Germany, they generally "Hock the Kaiser."
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Etymology and Origins
Hock
The general name for Rhenish wines, but properly that made at Hockheim on the Maine.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
HOCK
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hock is ranked #7061 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Hock surname appeared 4,739 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Hock.
95% or 4,502 total occurrences were White.
1.9% or 94 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.1% or 52 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.9% or 45 total occurrences were Black.
0.6% or 31 total occurrences were Asian.
0.3% or 15 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of HOCK in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of HOCK in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of HOCK in a Sentence
I'm going to keep doing it, i don't care if I have to hock what I have, until I find out that somebody has read it. That's all my parents would say I'm responsible for, is to make people aware of it.
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