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hock1
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–verb (used with object)
| 1. | the joint in the hind leg of a horse, cow, etc., above the fetlock joint, corresponding anatomically to the ankle in humans. |
| 2. | a corresponding joint in a fowl. |
| 3. | to hamstring. |
[Origin: 1375–1425; var. of dial. hough, ME ho(u)gh, appar. back formation from late ME hokschyn, etc., OE hōhsinu hock (lit., heel) sinew; see heel1
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hock
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hock3
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| 1. | pawn. |
| 2. | the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock. |
| 3. | the condition of owing; debt: After the loan was paid, he was finally out of hock. |
[Origin: 1855–60, Americanism; < D hok kennel, sty, pen, (informal) miserable place to live, prison
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hocker, noun
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| hock 1
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n.
tr.v. hocked, hock·ing, hocks To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring. [Middle English, from Old English hōh, heel.] |
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| hock 2
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n. Chiefly British Rhine wine. [Short for obsolete Hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer, from Hochheim, a town of west-central Germany.] |
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| hock 3
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tr.v. hocked, hock·ing, hocks To pawn: hock a diamond ring. n.
[Probably from Dutch hok, prison.] |
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hock (n.1)
"joint in the hind leg of a horse," 1540, earlier hockshin, from O.E. hoh-sinu "Achilles' tendon," lit. "heel sinew," from hoh "heel," from P.Gmc. *khankha- (cf. Ger. Hachse "hock," O.E. hæla "heel").
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hock (n.2)
"Rhenish wine," 1625, shortening of Hockamore, from Ger. Hochheimer, from Hochheim, town on the Main where wine was made, sense extended to Ger. white wines in general.
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hock (n.3)
"pawn, debt," first recorded 1859 in Amer.Eng. as in hock, which meant both "in debt" and "in prison," from Du. hok "jail, pen, doghouse." The verb is 1878, from the noun.
"When one gambler is caught by another, smarter than himself, and is beat, then he is in hock. Men are only caught, or put in hock, on the race-tracks, or on the steamboats down South. ... Among thieves a man is in hock when he is in prison." [G.W. Matsell, "Vocabulum," 1859]
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| 1. | any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage) [syn: Rhine wine] |
| 2. | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle |
verb | |
| 1. | leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn] |
| 2. | disable by cutting the hock |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
hock [hok] noun
a joint on the hind leg of an animal, below the knee
Example: The horse has an injured hock.
Example: The horse has an injured hock.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Main Entry: hock
Pronunciation: 'häk
Function: noun
: the joint or region of the joint that unites the tarsal bones in the hind limb of a digitigrade
quadruped (as the horse) and that corresponds to the human ankle but is elevated and bends backward
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Hock
Hock\, n. [So called from Hochheim, in Germany.] A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hock
Hock\, Hough \Hough\, n. [ AS. h?h the heel; prob. akin to Icel. h[=a]sinn hock sinew, Dan. hasc, G. hechse, h["a]chse, LG. hacke, D. hak; also to L. coxa hip (cf. Cuisses), Skr. kaksha armpit. [root]12. Cf. Heel.]1. (a) The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man. (b) A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot. 2. The popliteal space; the ham.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Hock
Hock\, v. t. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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