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[ US /ˈhɑk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɒk/ ]
NOUN
  1. tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
  2. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
VERB
  1. leave as a guarantee in return for money
    pawn your grandfather's gold watch
  2. 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.
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