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hock1

–noun

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.

–verb (used with object)

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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hock2

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–noun Chiefly British.

any white Rhine wine.

[Origin: 1615–25; short for Hockamore Hochheimer

]

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hock3

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–verb (used with object)

pawn.

–noun

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

]

—Related forms

hocker, noun

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hock¹ Audio Help (hŏk) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The tarsal joint of the hind leg of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction.
2. A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped.
A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot.

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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hock² Audio Help (hŏk) Pronunciation Key
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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tr.v.   hocked, hock·ing, hocks
To pawn: hock a diamond ring.

n.

The state of being pawned: put the diamonds in hock.
The state of being in debt: thought we'd never get out of hock.

[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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hock
noun
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

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hock [hok] noun

a joint on the hind leg of an animal, below the knee
Example: The horse has an injured hock.

Arabic:	عُرْقوب
Chinese (Simplified):	跗关节
Chinese (Traditional):	跗關節
Czech:	hlezno
Danish:	hase
Dutch:	spronggewricht
Estonian:	põlveõnnal
Finnish:	kinner
French:	jarret
German:	das Fesselgelenk
Greek:	ταρσός
Hungarian:	csánk (lóé, marháé)
Icelandic:	hækilbein
Indonesian:	sendi kaki
Italian:	garretto

Japanese:	後足のひざ
Korean:	(네발 짐승의 뒷다리의) 무릎
Latvian:	paceles cīpsla (dzīvniekam)
Lithuanian:	kulnas, gurnas
Norwegian:	hase
Polish:	nadpięstek
Portuguese (Brazil):	jarrete
Portuguese (Portugal):	jarrete
Romanian:	jaret
Russian:	скакательный сустав
Slovak:	pätový kĺb
Slovenian:	podkolenica (pri živali)
Spanish:	corvejón
Swedish:	has
Turkish:	art diz

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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.

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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.

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Hock

Hock\, v. t. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

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