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Hock-(dictionary)

hock 1, noun (oh)



[Sense: 1; Date: 1600-1700; Language: German; Origin: Hochheimer 'of Hochheim', from the name of the place in Germany where it was originally made.]
[Sense: 2; Date: 1800-1900; Language: Dutch; Origin: hok 'prison']
[Sense: 3-4; Origin: Old English hoh 'heel']
[U] BrE a German white wine
ĦĦa glass of hock
in hock
informal a) in debt
be in hock to sb
ĦĦThe fashion chain is still in hock to the banks.
b) something that is in hock has been sold temporarily because its owner needs some money
ĦĦHe's a musician, but his guitar is in hock.
[C] a piece of meat from above the foot of a pig
ĦĦpork hocks
[C] the middle joint of an animal's back leg