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Hock
hock
(hocks) 1. A hock is a piece of meat from above the foot of an animal, especially a pig. N-COUNT: usu n N 2. If someone is in hock, they are in debt. Even company directors on ?100,000 a year can be deeply in hock to the banks. PHRASE: v-link PHR, oft PHR to n 3. If you are in hock to someone, you feel you have to do things for them because they have given you money or support. It is almost impossible for the prime minister to stand above the factions. He always seems in hock to one or another. PHRASE: v-link PHR n
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English hoch, hough, from Old English hoh heel; akin to Old Norse hasin ~ Date: 1540 1. a. the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward — see horse illustration b. a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the ~ of a quadruped 2. a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot ham ~s II. noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: modification of German Hochheimer, from Hochheim, Germany Date: circa 1625 chiefly British Rhine wine 1 III. transitive verb Etymology: 4~ Date: 1878 pawn • ~er noun IV. noun Etymology: Dutch hok pen, prison Date: 1883 1. a. pawn II,2 got his watch out of ~ b. debt 3 in ~ to the bank 2. prison ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. n. 1 the joint of a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock. 2 a knuckle of pork; the lower joint of a ham. Etymology: obs. hockshin f. OE hohsinu: see HOUGH 2. n. Brit. a German white wine from the Rhineland (properly that of Hochheim on the river Main). Etymology: abbr. of obs. hockamore f. G Hochheimer 3. v. & n. esp. US colloq. --v.tr. pawn; pledge. --n. a pawnbroker's pledge. Phrases and idioms in hock 1 in pawn. 2 in debt. 3 in prison. Etymology: Du. hok hutch, prison, debt ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. белый рейнвейн 2. клюка, посох 3. багор 4. крюк для подвешивания мяса 5. анат. коленное сухожилие; подколенок 6. скакательный сустав (у животных) 7. окорок (часть туши) 8. подрезать поджилки 9. ам. залог, заклад he put his watch into hock —- он заложил свои часы 10. тюрьма it will be 10 years before he gets out of hock —- раньше, чем через 10 лет, ему из тюрьмы не выйти Id: to be in hock to smb. —- быть в долгу у кого-л.; задолжать кому-л. Id: the company was heavily in hock to the banks —- компания крупно задолжала банкам 11. ам. сл. закладывать, отдавать залог Hock 1. белый рейнвейн ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I = hough II noun (тж. Hock) рейнвейн III 1. noun 1) заклад 2) sl. тюрьма 2. v. закладывать (вещь) ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 especially BrE a German white wine 2 the middle joint of an animal's back leg 3 be in hock informal a) something that is in hock has been sold temporarily because you need money; pawned (pawn2) b) to be in debt (in hock to the big banks) 4 especially AmE a piece of meat from above the foot of an animal, especially a pig (pork hocks) ~2 v informal to sell something temporarily because you are poor and need the money; pawn2 ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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