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Definitions: Hock |
HockNoun1. Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage). 2. Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle. Verb1. Give as a guarantee. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hock" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1824. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
19th Century Satire | V. t. To "soak" what we least need. In Germany, they generally "Hock the Kaiser." Source: Foolish Dictionary, 1904. |
Literature | Hock So called from Hockheim, on the Maine, where the best is supposed to be made. It used to be called hockamore (3 syl.). "As unfit to bottle as old hockamore." - Mortimer. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: HockSynonyms: pawn (v), soak (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Hock |
| English words defined with "hock": Bog spavin ♦ cannon, Capellet ♦ gaskin ♦ ham hock, Hockamore, Hockle, hook, Hough, Hox ♦ Jards ♦ shank, spavin, Stringhalt, Suffraginous ♦ Thoroughpin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hock": Hock Cart, Hock-day, HOCKEY, Hoky ♦ stifle joint. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "hock": Suffraginous, Suffrago. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | A Harp in Hock (1927) In Hock (1923) Hearts in Hock (1919) The Hock Shop (1916) | |
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| "Hock" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 94.12% of the time. "Hock" is used about 51 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 94.12% | 48 | 49,194 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 3.92% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.96% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 51 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hock" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hock | Last name | 1,000 | 9,230 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| Malaysia | Hock Hua Bank Berhad |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "hock": ham hock ♦ hock shop ♦ in hock. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hock": hock-deep. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
hock | 31 | equine hock injection | 3 |
holly hock | 29 | capped hock | 3 |
hock shop | 23 | hock lim yew | 3 |
b b birkin hock | 12 | hochheim hock | 3 |
bus hock lee riot | 12 | hock horse | 3 |
dee hock | 9 | hock wine | 2 |
hock injection | 9 | ham hock | 2 |
flower hock holly | 7 | beavis butthead game hock loogie | 2 |
hock loogie | 6 | company hock john w | 2 |
email hock warsaw | 6 | hock injury | 2 |
beavis and butthead hock a loogie | 5 | blade hock | 2 |
hock leong sin | 5 | canada hock shop | 2 |
ham hock recipe | 4 | hock holly plant | 2 |
hochheim hock w | 4 | hock horse injection | 2 |
hock tony | 4 | hock playhouse rocky | 2 |
hock pork recipe | 3 | ad hock | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "hock"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | verë e bardhë e rinit, peng (bailment, caution money, deposit, Gage, guarantee, guaranty, hostage, mortgage, pawn, pledge), nyjë e këmbës së shpendit, nyjë e gjurit të këmbës së pasme, lënie peng, lë peng (impawn, pledge, put away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هوك نبيذ, سجن (be imprisoned, can, clap, clink, confine, cooler, detain, detention, gaol, hatch, immure, imprison, imprisonment, incarcerate, incarceration, intern, internment, jail, jug, lock up, lockup, log cabin, mure, nick, penitentiary, pokey, prison, quod, send up, stir, throw), عرقوب الخيل, رهن (bond, encumbrance, forfeit, gage, mortgage, mortgaging, pawn, pledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | осакатявам (cripple, disable, dismember, emasculate, hamstring, hough, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, nip), месото на джолан, залагам предмет, бяло рейнско вино. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 飞"节. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | hlezno, zastavit (arrest, call a halt, call off, cease, check, discontinue, draw up, halt, immobilize, pawn, pull back, put in, quit, stay, stem, stop, suspend, tackle), dát do zastavárny. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hase (involucre), has. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | spronggewricht, Rýnwýn (Rhine-wine), knieboog. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | rejnlanda vino (Rhine-wine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پی بردن (Discover, Sense), پس زانو, لنگ کردن (Cripple), ختمی , اذیت کردن (Annoy, Badger, Bedevil, Grieve, Grind, Harass, Hurt, Indemnify, Needle, Offend, Pester, Tease, Worry), ران خوک (Pestle), شاهدانه صحراءی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kinnernivel, kinner. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | jarret. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sprunggelenk (ankle joint). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όπισθεν του γόνατοσ ίππου, ιγνυακόσ βόθροσ, φυλακή (bagnio, brig, calaboose, clink, cooler, coop, gaol, hoosegow, jail, jail house, jug, penal establishment, penal institution, prison, quod, stir, watch), ενέχυρο (collateral, collateral security, forfeit, pawn, pawning, pledge, pledging, security), ενεχυριάζω (pawn, pledge, to pawn), λευκόσ οίνοσ, αμανάτι (pawn), ταρσόσ (instep, tarsus), ταρσός (ankle, elbow, instep, knuckle, tarsal plate, tarsus), οίνοσ λευκόσ του ρήνου. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rajnai fehér bor, zálog (borrow, earnest, escrow, forfeit, Gage, pawn, pledge, pop, token), csánk. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | garretto (fetlock, shank). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | speir, feeyn gial Germaanagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ockhay jarrete (knuckle). (various references) vin alb de rin, amaneta (pawn, pop, put in pledge). (various references) рейнвейн (rhenish wine), клюка (cambock, cammock), посох (crook, crosier, pikestaff), подколенное сухожилие (hamstring). (various references) založiti (impawn, mortgage, pawn, pledge), založenost. (various references) corvejón. (various references) has (ham). (various references) ขากเสมหะ (expectorate, hock a luggie). (various references) topal etmek (hamstring, lame), ren şarabı (rhenish, rhenish wine, rhine wine), rehine vermek, rehin (Gage, hostage, hypothec, mortgage, pawn, pledge, pop, security), iç diz, diz içi kirişlerini kesmek, diz içi, alman şarabı. (various references) ціпок (cane, club, waddy), костур (crutch), заклад (bet, betting, lien, pledge, wager), підрізати жижки (hough), підколінок. (various references) sự cầm cố (mortage, pledge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | calcaneum, suffraginem. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hoh-sinu. (various references) |
| Dutch | 700-Modern | hok. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hock": hocked, hocker, hockers, hockey, hockeys, hocking, hocks, hockshop, hockshops. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "hock": aftershock, antishock, chock, electroshock, foreshock, hollyhock, shock. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hock": aftershocks, chockablock, chocked, chockful, chocking, chocks, electroshocks, foreshocks, hollyhocks, shellshocked, shockable, shocked, shocker, shockers, shocking, shockingly, shockproof, shocks, unshockable. (additional references) | |
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"Hock" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gock, Haccp, hackt, hacky, hbcu, hco, Hecq, Hgca, Hickl, hicy, Hmci, Hoak, hoce, hoch, hocka, hocke, hocko, hocky, hocn, hoco, hocs, hoct, hoek, hoic, hoick, hoik, Hok, hoke, hoki, hokku, holc, Holcik, Homco, horc, hork, houc, Howk, Hucke, Huckg, hucky, Phoca. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hock" (pronounced hÄ"k) |
| 2 | -Ä" k | antiknock, antilock, Bach, Bangkok, bloc, block, Bock, Brock, caulk, chalk, chock, clock, cock, Croc, crock, Doc, dock, floc, flock, frock, interlock, Jock, knock, Loch, lock, Mach, mock, Nock, overstock, pock, restock, Roc, rock, schlock, shock, smock, sock, stock, undock, unlock, walk, wok. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-h-k-o" | |
-2 letters: ho, oh. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-h-k-o" | |
+1 letter: chock, choke, choky, chook, hocks, hoick, shock. | |
+2 letters: chocks, choked, choker, chokes, chokey, chooks, hocked, hocker, hockey, hoicks, shacko, shlock, shocks, whacko. | |
+3 letters: backhoe, boychik, chabouk, chibouk, chinook, chocked, chokers, chokier, choking, cockish, cockshy, haddock, hammock, hassock, haycock, hemlock, hickory, hillock, hockers, hockeys, hocking, hoecake, hogback, hoicked, hommock, hopsack, hotcake, hummock, kerchoo, kolache, schlock, schnook, shackos, shlocks, shocked, shocker, shylock, unchoke, whackos. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 63 6B |
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01100011 01101011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o c k |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 0063 006B |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42816977 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Usage Frequency 8. Names: Frequency | 9. Names: Company Usage 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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