hock

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[hɒk], (Noun)

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- the joint in a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backwards

- a knuckle of meat, especially of pork or ham


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Origin:
late Middle English: variant of hough


[hɒk], (Verb)

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- deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent


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- in hock

Origin:
mid 19th century (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok ‘hutch, prison, debt’


[hɒk], (Noun)

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- a dry white wine from the German Rhineland


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Origin:
abbreviation of obsolete hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer (Wein) ‘(wine) from Hochheim’


[hɒk], (Noun)

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