Hock

Word HOCK
Character 4
Hyphenation hock
Pronunciations /hɒk/

Definitions and meanings of "Hock"

What do we mean by hock?

To pawn. transitive verb

The state of being pawned. noun

The state of being in debt. noun

Rhine wine. noun

The tarsal joint of the hind leg of certain quadrupeds, such as horses and dogs, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction. noun

A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped. noun

A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot. noun

To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring. transitive verb

A variant of hack. noun

Originally, the wine Hochheimer (which see). noun

Any white German wine. noun

A caterpillar. noun

To ham-string; disable by cutting the sinew or tendon of the hock —that is the tendo Achillis.

Mallow; hollyhock. noun

An old game of cards. noun

The joint on the hind leg of a quadruped between the knee and the fetlock, corresponding to the ankle-joint in man; that part of the leg between the tibia and the cannon-bone, consisting of the ankle-bones more or less completely united. noun

In man, the back part of the knee-joint; the ham. noun

In the game of faro, the last card remaining in the box after all the others have been dealt. noun

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hock

The word "hock" in example sentences

I'll be in hock to the printer ink company but at least certain things will be available even by candlelight. ❋ Jean (2009)

“And while the next UK government may be in hock to bad ideas and fail to deliver such growth, it will face few structural impediments to implementing its ideas about what needs to be done.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

The ruddbot is in hock to the mining unions and the miners whereas Abbot only represents the miners. methinks this puts the Ruddbot in a weaker postion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What part of we are bankrupt, broke and in hock to China don't they understand. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Health care should be a no brainer and instead we are all in hock to the insurance companies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

At least one resident has been suggesting for a few weeks now that it would cheaper to build a new soccer-specific stadium for the Timbers somewhere -- say, at the Expo Center -- and leave the Beavers minor league baseball team in PGE Park, which is still about $28 million in hock from a recent renovation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And while the next UK government may be in hock to bad ideas and fail to deliver such growth, it will face few structural impediments to implementing its ideas about what needs to be done. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Being in hock to bad ideas means something different in Europe than in the U.S. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Not to go all xenophobic, but I would rather have the money come from us rather than be in hock to a country that doesn't have the same outlook on basic forms of human rights that we do -- or at least aspire to. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Obama inner circle hasn't yet been able to wrest control of the agency from all those career scientists, who apparently are in hock to industry. ❋ Jon Entine (2010)

Because it's almost as wide as the Taconic State Parkway, I thought I ran an even greater risk than usual of caroming off the roadway's guardrails and rock faces and spending the rest of my life in hock as I tried to repay Range Rover for the repairs. ❋ Ralph Gardner Jr. (2010)

Mind you, I'm lucky I suppose as my biz is not in hock to the banks. ❋ Not A Sheep (2009)

After eight years of a President who knew he was too lazy and bored to manage a lot of details, so he decided to roll the dice on about three giant policies – invade the world, invite the world, and in hock to the world – and see what happens, an era of technocratic reform might be welcome. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In some places, the upper, meatier part of the hock is called the chamorro. ❋ Unknown (2008)

We tried that already and now we are supporting a broken Iraq, are in hock to China and gave up habeus corpus because a brush cutting fool said "trust me" ❋ Unknown (2008)

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