1 [C] the middle joint of an animal's back leg
2 [U,C] (BrE) a German white wine
3 [U,C] (especially AmE) = KNUCKLE(2)
4 (informal) if sth that you own is in hock, you have exchanged it for money but hope to buy it back later
IDIOMS
be in hock (to sb) to owe sb sth:
I'm in hock to the bank for ｣6000.
verb [VN] (informal) to leave a valuable object with sb in exchange for money that you borrow
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is hock a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hock is tagged as noun.
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