Hock Synonyms

hŏk
Leave as a guarantee in return for money
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. pawn
  2. sell temporarily
  3. pledge
  4. deposit
  5. soak
To give or deposit as a pawn
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hypothecate
  2. mortgage
  3. pawn
  4. pledge
Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. rhine wine
  2. rhenish
Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. hock-joint

Words Related to Hock

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Hock Sentence Examples

  • When she recognized the deer hock in her hand, she dropped it.

  • Her fingers explored the leg, feeling for a hock to make sure it wasn't a hind leg.

  • He brought me a deer hock.

  • The top bone is the os calcis, or hock bone, to which the tendon Achilles is attached.

  • The joint between the femur and tibia, corresponding to the knee of man, is called the " stifle-joint "; that between the tibia and tarsus, corresponding to the ankle of man, the " hock."

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