hock.
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
Meaning & usage
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of hockamore, from German.
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Meat from that part of a food animal.
The hollow behind the knee.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hough, hoche, hokke, from Old English hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-. See also West Frisian hakke, Dutch hak, German Low German Hacke, Hack (“heel”); also Lithuanian ki̇̀nka (“leg, thigh, knee-cap”), kenklė̃ (“knee-cap”), Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”).
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English hough, hoche, hokke, from Old English hōh, from Proto-West Germanic *hą̄h, from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kenk-. See also West Frisian hakke, Dutch hak, German Low German Hacke, Hack (“heel”); also Lithuanian ki̇̀nka (“leg, thigh, knee-cap”), kenklė̃ (“knee-cap”), Sanskrit कङ्काल (kaṅkāla, “skeleton”).
To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
Where this word comes from
From the phrase in hock, circa 1855-60, from Dutch hok (“hutch, hovel, jail, pen, doghouse”). Compare also Middle English hukken (“to sell; peddle; sell at auction”), see huck.
Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
Debt.
They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
Installment purchase.
Prison.
Where this word comes from
From the phrase in hock, circa 1855-60, from Dutch hok (“hutch, hovel, jail, pen, doghouse”). Compare also Middle English hukken (“to sell; peddle; sell at auction”), see huck.
To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
Where this word comes from
From Yiddish האַק (hak), imperative singular form of האַקן (hakn, “to knock”), from the idiomatic expression האַק מיר נישט קיין טשײַניק (hak mir nisht keyn tshaynik, “don't knock a teakettle at me”).
The last card turned up in the game of faro.
Alternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).
Where this word comes from
Probably imitative (a variant form of hawk (“cough”)), like hack (“cough”), although see that entry for more.
Alternative form of hawk (“cough”).
Where this word comes from
Probably imitative (a variant form of hawk (“cough”)), like hack (“cough”), although see that entry for more.
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