hock

== English == === Etymology 1 === Clipping of hockamore, from German. ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /hɒk/ (US) IPA(key): /hɑk/ Rhymes: -ɒk Homophone: hawk (cot–caught merger) ==== Noun ==== hock (countable and uncountable, plural hocks) A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines. Synonym: Hochheimer ==== See also ==== claret, sack, tent === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hough, hoche, hokke, from Old English hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-. See also West Frisian hakke, Dutch hak, German Low German Hacke, Hack (“heel”); also Lithuanian ki̇̀nka (“leg, thigh, knee-cap”), kenklė̃ (“knee-cap”), Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”). ==== Noun ==== hock (countable and uncountable, plural hocks) (countable) The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog. 2013, Kazerad, Gaius: Recap goals, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), February 06 2013 Anyway, you only have one golden retriever, SWORDDOG, and she is already armed to the hocks. Meat from that part of a food animal. (countable) The hollow behind the knee. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked) (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. ===== Synonyms ===== hamstring, hough, hox ===== Hypernyms ===== See Thesaurus:disable === Etymology 3 === From the phrase in hock, circa 1855-60, from Dutch hok (“hutch, hovel, jail, pen, doghouse”). Compare also Middle English hukken (“to sell; peddle; sell at auction”), see huck. ==== Verb ==== hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked) (transitive, colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== hock (uncountable) (informal) Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan. Debt. Installment purchase. Prison. ===== Derived terms ===== Hock Monday Hock Tuesday ==== References ==== === Etymology 4 === From Yiddish האַק (hak), imperative singular form of האַקן (hakn, “to knock”), from the idiomatic expression האַק מיר נישט קיין טשײַניק (hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik, “don't knock a teakettle at me”). ==== Alternative forms ==== hak ==== Verb ==== hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked) (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly. === Etymology 5 === Probably imitative (a variant form of hawk (“cough”)), like hack (“cough”), although see that entry for more. ==== Verb ==== hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked) Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”). ===== Derived terms ===== hocker ==== Noun ==== hock (plural hocks) Alternative form of hawk (“cough”). Synonym: hocking === Etymology 6 === ==== Noun ==== hock (plural hocks) (card games) The last card turned up in the game of faro. Coordinate term: soda ===== Derived terms ===== from soda to hock ==== See also ==== soon hock ==== References ==== === Anagrams === Koch == Yola == === Etymology === Borrowed from Irish cac. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɑk/ === Noun === hock dung === References === Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990), “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[2], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 158