hock

Noun
  1. Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage) (synset 107913175)
    domain region: britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
    is a type of: white wine - pale yellowish wine made from white grapes or red grapes with skins removed before fermentation
    subtypes:
    • riesling - fragrant dry or sweet white wine from the Rhine valley or a similar wine from California
    • liebfraumilch - a sweetened Rhenish wine (especially one from Hesse in western Germany)
    same as: rhenish, rhine wine
  2. Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals;
    Corresponds to the human ankle (synset 102465836)
    is a type of: articulatio, articulation, joint - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
    is a part of:
    • hoofed mammal, ungulate - any of a number of mammals with hooves that are superficially similar but not necessarily closely related taxonomically
    • hind leg - the back limb of a quadruped
    same as: hock-joint
Verb
  1. Leave as a guarantee in return for money (synset 202352216)
    "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"
    referred to in: commerce, commercialism, mercantilism - transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
    is a type of: charge, consign - give over to another for care or safekeeping
    same as: pawn, soak
  2. Disable by cutting the hock (synset 200091956)
    is a type of: disable, handicap, incapacitate, invalid - injure permanently

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