Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hock

2 senses of hock

Sense 1
Rhine wine, Rhenish, hock -- (any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage))
       => white wine -- (pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation)

Sense 2
hock, hock-joint -- (tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle)
       => joint, articulation, articulatio -- ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb hock

2 senses of hock

Sense 1
pawn, soak, hock -- (leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch")
       => consign, charge -- (give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage")

Sense 2
hock -- (disable by cutting the hock)
       => disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap -- (injure permanently; "He was disabled in a car accident")