hock Definition

hock¹
noun

1. The joint on the hindleg of horses and other hoofed mammals, corresponding to the ankle-joint on a human leg. Also called hamstring.
2. A piece of meat extending upwards from the hock-joint.

verb

hocked, hocking
1. To hamstring.

Etymology: 16c: a contraction of hockshin, from Anglo-Saxon hohsinu heel sinew.

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hock²
noun

1. A white wine, originally only one made in Hochheim, on the River Main, in Germany, but now applied to all white wines from the Rhine valley.

Etymology: 17c: from German Hochheimer of Hochheim.

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hock³
verb

hocked, hocking
1. colloq
To pawn.

noun

colloq:
1. In debt.
2. In prison.
3. In pawn; having been pawned.

Etymology: 19c: from Dutch hok prison, hovel or debt.