hock

hock is a 4-letter English word with 7 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
2. noun. Alt. of Hough
3. transitive verb. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
4. noun. tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
5. noun. any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

   Synonyms: rhenish

6. verb. disable by cutting the hock
7. verb. leave as a guarantee in return for money

   "pawn your grandfather's gold watch"

   Synonyms: pawn, soak

Synonyms

rhenish, pawn, soak

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hock:

chok, koch

Common word forms

hocks, hocked, hocker, hocking

Words from these letters

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