hock

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /hɒk/
• (America) IPA: /hɑk/

Noun

hock

1. A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.

Noun

hock (plural hocks)

1. The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
2. Meat from that part of a food animal.

Translations

• Italian: garretto
• Russian: скакательный суста́в

Translations

• Italian: garretto
• Russian: о́корок

Verb

hock (hocks, present participle hocking; past and past participle hocked)

1. (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

Synonyms

• hamstring, hough, hox

Verb

hock (hocks, present participle hocking; past and past participle hocked)

1. (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

Translations

• Russian: закла́дывать
• Spanish: empeñarse

Noun

hock (uncountable)

1. pawn#Noun|Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.

   He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.

2. Debt.

   They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.

3. Installment purchase.
4. Prison.

Verb

hock (hocks, present participle hocking; past and past participle hocked)

1. (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly

Noun

hock (plural hocks)

1. To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.
   1. To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag.
   2. To produce mucus from coughing or clearing one's throat.

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