hock

Значение (Английский)

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”)

Синонимы

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

Произносится как (IPA)

/hɒk/

Этимология (Английский)

Clipping of hockamore, from German.