NOUN | food | hock, Rhine wine, Rhenish | any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage) |
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animal | hock, hock-joint | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals | |
VERB | possession | hock, pawn, soak | leave as a guarantee in return for money |
body | hock | disable by cutting the hock |
Sounds | hhaa'k | |
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Rhymes | aftershock ... woodcock: 87 rhymes with aak... |
Meaning | Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage). | |
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Synonyms | Rhine wine, Rhenish | |
Region | United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain | A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles |
Narrower | Riesling | fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California |
liebfraumilch | A sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany) | |
Broader | white wine | pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation |
Meaning | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle. | |
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Synonym | hock-joint | |
Part of | hind leg | The back limb of a quadruped |
ungulate, hoofed mammal | Any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically | |
Broader | joint, articulation, articulatio | (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion / motion) |
Spanish | corvejón | |
Verbs | hock | leave as a guarantee in return for money |
Meaning | Leave as a guarantee in return for money. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | pawn, soak | |
Category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services) |
Broader | consign, charge | Give over to another for care or safekeeping |
Spanish | empeñar | |
Catalan | empenyorar | |
Nouns | hock | tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals |
Meaning | disable by cutting the hock. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap | injure permanently |
Spanish | cortar el corvejón |
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