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hock

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verbpawn

Word Origin & History

"joint in the hind leg of a horse," mid-15c., earlier hockshin (late 14c.), from Old English hohsinu "sinew of the heel, Achilles' tendon," literally "heel sinew," from hoh "heel," from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (cf. German Hachse "hock," Old English hæla "heel"), from PIE *kenk- (3) "heel, bend of the knee."

Example Sentences for hock

He was indeed wearied, and agreed to take a glass of hock and seltzer.

His daughter-in-law, but onbeknownsts to him as sech, nurses him from soda to hock.

The heel of the horse is the part commonly known as the hock.

They'd just got to hock Rajah to put the Imperial Consolidated in commission again.

I fear I indulged in the hock yesterday, for I feel a twinge.

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Synonyms for hock

verb pawn

borrow
pledge
give security

More words related to hock

dire straits

noun. disastrous predicament

desperate straits
difficulties
hardship
hock
straits

disable

verb. render inoperative; cripple

attenuate
batter
blunt
damage
debilitate
disarm
disenable
disqualify
enervate
enfeeble
exhaust
hamstring
handicap
harm
hock
hogtie
hurt
immobilize
impair
incapacitate
invalidate
kibosh
knock out
maim
mangle
mar
mutilate
muzzle
paralyze
pinion
prostrate
put out of action
render incapable
ruin
sabotage
sap
shatter
shoot down
spoil
take out
throw monkey wrench in
total
unbrace
undermine
unfit
unstrengthen
weaken
wreck

disables

verb. render inoperative; cripple

attenuate
batter
blunt
damage
debilitate
disarm
disenable
disqualify
enervate
enfeeble
exhaust
hamstring
handicap
harm
hock
hogtie
hurt
immobilize
impair
incapacitate
invalidate
kibosh
knock out
maim
mangle
mar
mutilate
muzzle
paralyze
pinion
prostrate
put out of action
render incapable
ruin
sabotage
sap
shatter
shoot down
spoil
take out
throw monkey wrench in
total
unbrace
undermine
unfit
unstrengthen
weaken
wreck

disabling

verb. render inoperative; cripple

attenuate
batter
blunt
damage
debilitate
disarm
disenable
disqualify
enervate
enfeeble
exhaust
hamstring
handicap
harm
hock
hogtie
hurt
immobilize
impair
incapacitate
invalidate
kibosh
knock out
maim
mangle
mar
mutilate
muzzle
paralyze
pinion
prostrate
put out of action
render incapable
ruin
sabotage
sap
shatter
shoot down
spoil
take out
throw monkey wrench in
total
unbrace
undermine
unfit
unstrengthen
weaken
wreck

hypothecate

verb. pawn

deposit
give in earnest
hazard
hock
hook
mortgage
pledge

immobilize

verb. disable

action
attenuate
batter
blunt
cripple
damage
debilitate
disarm
disenable
disqualify
enervate
enfeeble
exhaust
hamstring
handicap
harm
hock
hogtie
hurt
impair
incapacitate
invalidate
kibosh
knock out
maim
mangle
mar
mutilate
muzzle
paralyze
pinion
prostrate
put out of action
render incapable
ruin
sabotage
sap
shatter
shoot down
spoil
take out
throw monkey wrench in
total
unbrace
undermine
unfit
unstrengthen
weaken
wreck

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disable

disables

disabling

hypothecate

immobilize

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