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hock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | rhenish, rhine wine |
| Type of | white wine |
| Has types | riesling, liebfraumilch |
hock::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hock-joint |
| Type of | articulatio, joint, articulation |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | invalid, disable, handicap, incapacitate |
Examples of hock
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The prime minister deserved to know that his adviser was in hock to one of them.
From the economist.com
Beeching was reporting to a Tory government that was in hock to the roads lobby.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
Buttered leeks and a chunk of smoky ham hock had us shaking our heads in wonder.
From the nzherald.co.nz
To adapt for vegetarians, exclude the ham hock and use vegetable stock or water.
From the guardian.co.uk
Add 8 cups water, the ham bone or hock, salt, pepper, bay leaves, and hot sauce.
From the tennessean.com
Rinse off the ham hock, place in a large saucepan and cover well with cold water.
From the independent.co.uk
I will not give my grandson money or anything he can hock, but I want to be fair.
From the denverpost.com
And she's got six kids, four of them already in hock for their higher educations.
From the newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com
Sweat the onions for 5 minutes then add the ham hock, collards, and pork stock.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Rhine wine: any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
- Pawn: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
- Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
- Disable by cutting the hock
- Hock is an English term for German wine, sometimes wine from the Rhine regions and sometimes all German wine. It is short for the now obsolete word hockamore. The term is a corruption of the name of the German town of Hochheim on the Main river in the Rheingau wine region. ...
- The hock, or gambrel, is the joint between the tarsal bones and tibia of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammals, such as a horse, cat, or dog. ...
- A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines; To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan
- Term for Rhine wines, usually used in England.
- Joint in the hind leg joining the cannon and gaskin (similar to ankle on humans)
