Defenition of the word hock

• Defenition of the word hock

  • The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
  • tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
  • give as a guarantee
  • any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
  • any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock'' is British usage)
  • disable by cutting the hock
  • leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather''s gold watch"
  • leave as a guarantee in return for money

Synonyms for the word hock

• • forfeit
  • pawn
  • place as collateral
  • pledge
  • put up
  • rhennish
  • Rhine wine
  • soak
  • trade in
  • wager

Similar words in the hock

• • hock
  • hock's
  • hocked
  • hockey
  • hockey's
  • hocking
  • hockney
  • hockney's
  • hocks

Meronymys for the word hock

• • hind leg
  • hoofed mammal
  • ungulate

Hyponyms for the word hock

• • liebfraumilch
  • Riesling

Hypernyms for the word hock

• • articulatio
  • articulation
  • charge
  • consign
  • disable
  • handicap
  • incapacitate
  • invalid
  • joint
  • surname
  • white wine

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