Hock (noun)
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
Hock (noun)
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Hock (noun)
Meat from that part of a food animal.
Hock (noun)
Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
“He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.”
Hock (noun)
Debt.
“They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.”
Hock (noun)
Installment purchase.
Hock (noun)
Prison.
Hock (noun)
To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.
Hock (noun)
To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag.
Hock (verb)
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Hock (verb)
To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
Hock (verb)
To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
Hork (verb)
To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
“I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won’t load.”
Hork (verb)
To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
“Can I hork that code from you for my project?”
Hork (verb)
To vomit, cough up.
Hork (verb)
To throw.
“Let’s go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.”
Hork (verb)
To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
“I don’t know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!”
Hork (verb)
To move.
“Go hork the kegs from out back.”
Hock (noun)
the joint in a quadruped’s hind leg between the knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backwards.
Hock (noun)
a knuckle of meat, especially of pork or ham.
Hock (noun)
a dry white wine from the German Rhineland.
Hock (noun)
variant spelling of hawk
Hock (verb)
deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent.