hock

hock
hock1
/hok/, n.
1. the joint in the hind leg of a horse, cow, etc., above the fetlock joint, corresponding anatomically to the ankle in humans. See diag. under horse.
2. a corresponding joint in a fowl.
v.t.
3. to hamstring.
[1375-1425; var. of dial. hough, ME ho(u)gh, appar. back formation from late ME hokschyn, etc., OE hohsinu hock (lit., heel) sinew; see HEEL1]
hock2
/hok/, n. Chiefly Brit.
any white Rhine wine.
[1615-25; short for Hockamore HOCHHEIMER]
hock3
hocker, n.
/hok/, v.t.
1. pawn.
n.
2. the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.
3. the condition of owing; debt: After the loan was paid, he was finally out of hock.
[1855-60, Amer.; < D hok kennel, sty, pen, (informal) miserable place to live, prison]

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