hock

CEFRC2

/hˈɑk/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The joint in the back leg of a horse.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Meat from that part of a food animal.

Examples

  • The U.S. is in hock up to its eyeballs.

  • Did Tom hock his saxophone again?

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

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

  3. The hollow behind the knee.

More examples

In context

  • Anyway, you only have one golden retriever, SWORDDOG, and she is already armed to the hocks.

  • He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.

  • They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.

Synonyms

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He needed money quickly, so he decided to blank his watch at the pawn shop.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Clipping of hockamore, from German.