hock

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

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

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.

Verb

To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.

Verb

Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).

Sinonieme

pawn

gambrel

soak

back of the knee

mortgage

Rhenish

Rhine wine

pledge

ham

hock-joint

heel

hough

hypothecate

instep

jail

jug

knuckle

mattock

prison

quod

stir

tarsus

bagnio

jail house

brig

calaboose

clink

cooler

coop

credit against pledge of chattels

forfeit

gage

gaol

hoosegow

Vertalings

garretto

jarret

Rijnwijn

corvejón

empeñar

jarrete

borçlu

vino bianco secco del Reno

ενεχυριάζω

ακουμπώ

empenhar

ενέχυρο

empeñarse

verpanden

φυλακή

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/hɒk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: hough

Verwante met Fries: hakke

Verwante met Nederlands: hak

Verwante met Litaus: kìnka

Verwante met Sanskrit: कङ्काल

Verwante met Middle English: hukken

In summary

Clipping of hockamore, from German.