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Definitions for Hock

[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.
[4] any white Rhine wine.
[5] pawn1.
[6] the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
[7] the condition of owing; debt: After the loan was paid, he was finally out of hock.
[8] the joint at the tarsus of a horse or similar animal, pointing backwards and corresponding to the human ankle
[9] the corresponding joint in domestic fowl
[10] another word for hamstring
[11] any of several white wines from the German Rhine
[12] (not in technical usage) any dry white wine
[13] (tr) to pawn or pledge
[14] the state of being in pawn (esp in the phrase in hock )
[15] in hock in prison in debt in pawn

Words related to Hock

pledge, borrow

Words nearby Hock

hobson-jobson, hoccleve, hochheimer, hochhuth, hochmagandy, hock, hock leg, hocket, hockett, hockey, hockey mom

Origin of Hock

31855–60, Americanism ; < Dutch hok kennel, sty, pen, (informal) miserable place to live, prison

Other words from Hock

hock·er , noun

Word origin for Hock

C19: from Dutch hok prison, debt

Synonyms for Hock

borrow, pledge, give security