hock
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/hΙk/
English
Definitions
noun
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
noun
- The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- Meat from that part of a food animal.
verb
- To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
noun
- Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.βHe needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.β
- Debt.βThey were in hock to the bank for $35 million.β
- Installment purchase.
- Prison.
verb
- To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
verb
- To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
noun
- To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.