hock
🇺🇸
/hɑːk/
🇬🇧
/hɒk/
noun
R
The part of an animal's leg between the knee and the foot.
The dog's hock was injured during the race.
R
A type of white wine from Germany.
I prefer a glass of hock over other white wines.
R
A cut of meat from the lower part of an animal's leg, often pork.
The hock of ham was cooked to perfection.
R
When you pawn something, hoping to get it back later.
He had to hock his watch to pay the bills.
verb
R
To pawn something for money.
She hocked her jewelry to cover the rent.
translation
The part of an animal's leg between the knee and the foot.; A type of white wine from Germany.; A cut of meat from the lower part of an animal's leg, often pork.; When you pawn something, hoping to get it back later.
To pawn something for money.
Word Forms
3rd Present
hocks
Past
hocked
Perfect
hocked
Progressive
hocking
Plural
hocks