(hok) noun
1. The joint of the hind leg in digitigrade mammals, as the horse and ox, corresponding to the ankle in man.
2. The knee joint of a fowl.
3. In man, the back part of the knee joint.
—v.t. To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring. [OE hōh heel]

(hok) noun
Any white Rhine wine; originally, that known as Hochheimer. [Contraction of hockamore <G Hochheimer <Hochheim, a German town where it was first produced]

(hok) v.t. & noun U.S. Slang
Pawn.
—in hock Slang
1. In pawn.
2. In prison. [Du. hok prison, debt]