hock

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
2. noun The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
3. noun Meat from that part of a food animal.
4. noun The hollow behind the knee.
5. verb To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
6. verb To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
7. noun Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.

   He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.

8. noun Debt.

   They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.

Similar words

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Often followed by

and to joint is of or joints farm in

Word family

Hock Hocks hocked hocker hockers hocking hocks