Meaning & use
hock
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To pawn an item, especially in exchange for a loan of money.
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He had to hock his guitar to cover rent that month.
She hocked her jewelry at a downtown pawnshop during the tough winter.
A note on using this word
Informal, mostly used in the phrase 'hock something'; unrelated to the anatomical sense of hock, the joint on an animal's hind leg.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The joint on the hind leg of a horse or similar animal, corresponding to the ankle.
The vet examined a swelling just above the horse's hock.
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