Pawn or knuckle of meat, especially pork

noun

1. The tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (such as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward see horse
2. A joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped
3. A small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot

   "ham hocks"

noun

1. Rhine wine

verb

1. Pawn

noun

1. Pawn

   "got his watch out of hock"

2. Debt

   "in hock to the bank"

3. Prison

verb

1. To forcefully spit out (something, such as phlegm)

   "hock a loogie"

idiom

1. In the possession of a pawnbroker

   "His gold watch is in hock."

2. In debt

   "He is in hock to his boss for several thousand dollars."