hock

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

1. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany ('hock' is British usage)
• Syn:
Rhine wine, Rhenish
• Derivationally related forms:
Rhenish (for: Rhenish)
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
white wine
• Hyponyms:
Riesling, liebfraumilch
2. tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals;
corresponds to the human ankle
• Syn:
hock-joint
• Hypernyms:
joint, articulation, articulatio
• Part Holonyms:
hind leg, ungulate, hoofed mammal

II - verb

1. leave as a guarantee in return for money (Freq. 1)
- pawn your grandfather's gold watch
• Syn:
pawn, soak
• Derivationally related forms:
pawn (for: pawn)
• Topics:
commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
• Hypernyms:
consign, charge
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. disable by cutting the hock
• Hypernyms:
disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  hock-joint, Rhine wine, Rhenish, pawn, soak