transitive verb. To pawn.

noun. The state of being pawned.

noun. The state of being in debt.

noun. undefined

noun. The tarsal joint of the hind leg of certain quadrupeds, such as horses and dogs, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction.

noun. A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped.

noun. A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot.

transitive verb. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring.

noun. Rhine wine.

noun. A variant of hack.

To ham-string; disable by cutting the sinew or tendon of the hock —that is the tendo Achillis.

noun. A caterpillar.

noun. An old game of cards.

noun. Mallow; hollyhock.

noun. The joint on the hind leg of a quadruped between the knee and the fetlock, corresponding to the ankle-joint in man; that part of the leg between the tibia and the cannon-bone, consisting of the ankle-bones more or less completely united.

noun. In man, the back part of the knee-joint; the ham.

noun. In the game of faro, the last card remaining in the box after all the others have been dealt.

noun. Originally, the wine Hochheimer (which see).

noun. Any white German wine.

noun. The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in.

noun. The state of being in debt.

noun. A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

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noun. The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.

noun. A piece cut by butchers, esp. in pork, from either the front or hind leg, just above the foot.

noun. The popliteal space; the ham.

transitive verb. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

transitive verb. To pawn.

noun. The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

noun. Meat from that part of a food animal.

verb. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

verb. To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

noun. Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.

noun. Debt.

noun. Installment purchase.

noun. Prison.

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

verb. To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly

verb. leave as a guarantee in return for money

noun. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

verb. disable by cutting the hock

noun. tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

"Because it's almost as wide as the Taconic State Parkway, I thought I ran an even greater risk than usual of caroming off the roadway's guardrails and rock faces and spending the rest of my life in hock as I tried to repay Range Rover for the repairs."

to cap the hocks  vulture hock  

hough  

in hock  on hock  

articulatio  articulation  charge  consign  disable  

Bach  Bangkok  Bloch  Block  Brock  

5-1/2  Apollinaris  Burgundy  Madeira  `o  

ankle  bail  bayonet legs  bond  bottomry  

hocked  hocking  hocks