hock UK /hɒk/US /hɑk/noun 9verb 3forms 3 noun9 •(informal) Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop. •(informal) Debt.They were in hock to the bank for $35 million. •The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.Anyway, you only have one golden retriever, SWORDDOG, and she is already armed to the hocks. — 2013 •Meat from that part of a food animal. •A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.That night he strolled into the Palette Club about eleven o’clock, and found Trevor sitting by himself in the smoking-room drinking hock and seltzer. — 1891 •(informal) Installment purchase.Later, Uncle Doc bought a couch on hock, then a bed. — 2007 •The hollow behind the knee. •(informal) Prison. •The last card turned up in the game of faro. verb3 •(informal) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan. •To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough. •(US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly. formshocked · hocking · hocks
