hock

Meaning

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”).

Synonyms

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

Translations

garretto

jarret

Rijnwijn

corvejón

empeñar

jarrete

borçlu

vino bianco secco del Reno

ενεχυριάζω

ακουμπώ

empenhar

ενέχυρο

empeñarse

verpanden

φυλακή

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɒk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hough

Cognate with Western Frisian: hakke

Cognate with Dutch: hak

Cognate with Lithuanian: kìnka

Cognate with Sanskrit: कङ्काल

Cognate with Middle English: hukken

In summary

Clipping of hockamore, from German.