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Hocks

noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
2.nounThe tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
3.nounMeat from that part of a food animal.
4.verbTo disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
5.verbTo leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
6.verbTo bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
7.nounTo cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.

Synonyms

hamstringhoughhoxsoakpawnrhine winecurbyhamhollyfetlockshindquarterscarpus

Rhymes With

paradoxfauxunorthodoxequinoxflummoxfoxboxidiot box
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