Hock (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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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)
  1. to hamstring.
noun Chiefly British.
  1. any white Rhine wine.
verb (used with object)
  1. pawn1 (def. 1).
noun
  1. the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
  2. the condition of owing; debt: After the loan was paid, he was finally out of hock.
noun
  1. the joint at the tarsus of a horse or similar animal, pointing backwards and corresponding to the human ankle
  2. the corresponding joint in domestic fowl
verb
  1. another word for hamstring
noun
  1. any of several white wines from the German Rhine
  2. (not in technical usage) any dry white wine
verb
  1. to pawn or pledge
noun
  1. the state of being in pawn (esp in the phrase in hock)
  2. in hock
    • in prison
    • in debt
    • in pawn
Hock (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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