hock

n.

1. 1. The tarsal joint of the hind leg of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction.
   2. A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped.
2. A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot.

tr.v., hocked, hock·ing, hocks.
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring.

[Middle English, from Old English hōh, heel.]

hock² (hŏk)
n. Chiefly British
Rhine wine.

[Short for obsolete Hockamore, alteration of German Hochheimer, from Hochheim, a town of west-central Germany.]

hock³ (hŏk) Slang.
tr.v., hocked, hock·ing, hocks.
To pawn: hock a diamond ring.

n.

1. The state of being pawned: put the diamonds in hock.
2. The state of being in debt: thought we'd never get out of hock.

[Probably from Dutch hok, prison.]

1. Generic term for white wines from the Rhine region, known in the USA as Rhine wines; bottled in brown glass, to distinguish from Moselle wines (in green glass).

2. The knuckle of pork; also used in the USA for foreleg pork shank.

1. The lower portion of an animal's leg, generally corresponding to the ankle in a human. See also ham hock. 2. A term used in England for any Rhine wine.

verb

To give or deposit as a pawn: hypothecate, mortgage, pawn¹, pledge. See transactions.

[HOHKH] A term used by the British to refer to wine from the Rhine regions of Germany. The term's a derivation of hockheim, a town in the rheingau region. Hocks and Moselles still appear as headings on some English wine merchant lists.

The ankle joint of quadrupeds; the tarsus.

Hock joint of the dog. By permission from Aspinall V, O'Reilly M, Introduction to Veterinary Anatomy and Physiology, Butterworth Heinemann, 2004

• broken h. — fracture of the central tarsal bone in racing Greyhounds.
• capped h. — see hock hygroma.
• cow h. — one that turns inward from an imaginary vertical line drawn from the tuber ischii to the hindfeet.
• dropped h. — walking with the hocks close to the ground. Seen in dogs and cats with muscle weakness, injury to the gastrocnemius tendon, and poor conformation.
• h. flexion posture — in a dystocia caused by a breech presentation with the flexed hocks being the first structures presented into the cervix, and the distal extremities of the hindlimbs retained.
• h. flexion test — see spavin test.
• point of h. — the summit of the calcaneus.
• sickle h. — a more acute angulation of the hock joint than is normal for the species or breed. Instead of the metatarsals being approximately vertical in a standing position, there is a greater slope.
• straight h. — a greater angle between the tibia and metatarsal bones at the hock joint; the opposite of sickle hock. A feature of some dog breeds, e.g. Chow Chows.
• swollen h. syndrome of Shar pei dogs — see familial renal amyloidosis.
• turkey h. enlargement — hock enlargement with bowed legs appears in young turkey poults on diets low in vitamin E.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - hase, haseled, svineskank
v. tr. - skære haserne over på

2.
n. - rhinskvin

3.
v. tr. - pantsætte, stampe
n. - pant

idioms:

• in hock    pantsat, stampet, i gæld, forgældet

Nederlands (Dutch)
spronggewricht, kluif, witte (rijn)wijn, verpanding, gevangenis, doorsnijden van hakpees bij dieren, verlammen, belemmeren, verpanden

Français (French)
1.
n. - jarret, (Culin) jarret (de porc), partie postérieure du genou
v. tr. - couper les jarrets à, (fig) couper ses moyens à, paralyser

2.
n. - vin du Rhin

3.
v. tr. - mettre (qch) au clou (fam)
n. - au clou (un objet), au mont-de-piété (un objet)

idioms:

• in hock    engagé au mont de piété, engagé au clou

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Sprunggelenk
v. - durch zerschneiden der Kniesehnen lähmen

2.
n. - Rheinwein

3.
v. - versetzen, verpfänden
n. - Pfand

idioms:

• in hock    verschuldet, eingesperrt, beim Pfandleiher

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - λευκό κρασί του Ρήνου, ταρσός (ζώου), (ανατ.) ιγνύς (κν. άντζα), (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) ενέχυρο (κν. αμανάτι)
v. - ακρωτηριάζω, (ΗΠΑ, καθομ.) ενεχυριάζω, βάζω αμανάτι

idioms:

• in hock    σε ενέχυρο

Italiano (Italian)
garretto, vino bianco del Reno, oggetto impegnato, impegnare, tagliare i garretti

idioms:

• in hock    pignorato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jarrete (m)
v. - cortar o jarrete, empenhar (gír.)

idioms:

• in hock    empenhado (no penhor)

Русский (Russian)
рейнвейн, посох, коленное сухожилие, заклад, тюрьма, закладывать

idioms:

• in hock    в закладе, в долгах

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - corvejón, jarrete
v. tr. - desjarretar

2.
n. - vino del Rin

3.
v. tr. - empeñar
n. - deuda, empeño

idioms:

• in hock    empeñado, endeudado, en la cárcel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - has (på djur), fläsklägg, knäveck, rhenvin
v. - skära av hassenan på, hasa, pantsätta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 跗关节, 割断腿筋使成残废

idioms:

• in hock    在典当中, 在坐牢, 负债

2. 德国产白葡萄酒, 霍克酒

3. 典当, 抵押, 抵押状态

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 德國產白葡萄酒, 霍克酒

2.
n. - 跗關節
v. tr. - 割斷腿筋使成殘廢

idioms:

• in hock    在典當中, 在坐牢, 負債

3.
v. tr. - 典當, 抵押
n. - 典當, 抵押, 抵押狀態

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - (네발 짐승의 뒷다리의) 무릎, 복사뼈 마디, 족의 살
v. tr. - ~의 무릎 힘줄을 자르다

2.
n. - 독일 라인 지방산 백포도주

3.
v. tr. - 저당 잡히다
n. - 저당, 교도소

idioms:

• in hock    전당 잡혀, 옥에 갇혀, 빚을 져서

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ひざの後ろの関節

idioms:

• in hock    入質されて, 苦境に陥って

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عرقوب في الخيل والطير, الهوك ضرب من النبيذ الالماني الخفيف الابيض, رهن, سجن (فعل) يرهن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפרק ברגל האחורית של הולך על ארבע, פרק-אצבע של חזיר, קרסול של הולך על ארבע‬
v. tr. - ‮חתך מיתר אחורי הברך‬
n. - ‮יין הוק, יין לבן גרמני מריינלנד‬
v. tr. - ‮מישכן‬
n. - ‮משכון‬

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