definition of the word hock

From hockamore, from the name of the German town of Hochheim am Main.

• Rhymes: -ɒk

hock (plural hocks)

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

Middle English hough.

hock (plural hocks)

1. The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
2. Meat from that part of a food animal.

Dutch hok prison, debt.

to hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked)

1. (transitive) (colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

• in hock: in debt

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