[
US
/ˈhɑk/
]
[ UK /hˈɒk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɒk/ ]
NOUN
- tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
VERB
-
leave as a guarantee in return for money
pawn your grandfather's gold watch - disable by cutting the hock
How To Use hock In A Sentence
- The front end of the Jaguar was on stands and two mechanics were fitting a new shock absorber. A QUESTION OF PRINCIPLE
- It also provides ample cushioning with shock-absorbing HydroFlow technology in the heel and forefoot, and has a water-repellant upper.
- The acrimony of the dispute has shocked a lot of people.
- Labour is naturally a bit shell-shocked finding itself out of office for the first time in 13 years. Times, Sunday Times
- The microwave dinged and Leon seemed to get a little shocked from the noise.
- But as I said before, it only takes a couple of seconds for a person to hock a loogie into those peanuts. SVP Stands Up For Vendors’ Bladders | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan
- The passengers were badly shocked but unharmed.
- This shocking series meets the law enforcement officers who are on the front line. The Sun
- The Holy Alliance was the joint labour of an unfortunate man who had suffered a terrible mental shock and who was trying to pacify his much-disturbed soul, and of an ambitious woman who after a wasted life had lost her beauty and her attraction and who satisfied her vanity and her desire for notoriety by assuming the rôle of self-appointed Messiah of a new and strange creed. The Story of Mankind
- Severe shock can bring on an attack of acne.