hock has definitions from the fields of anatomy,food
1
[ verb ] leave as a guarantee in return for money

Synonyms

soak pawn

Examples

"pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

Used in print

(John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)

I raised some kale by hocking the good clothes I had left_over from my respectable uptown life , but when that was gone I did n't have a cent .

Related terms

consign commerce pawn

2
[ noun ] (food) any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
3
[ verb ] disable by cutting the hock

Related terms

disable

4
[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 9230
5
[ noun ] (anatomy) tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

Related terms

joint hind_leg ungulate

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