hock
Pledge for cash
Hock has two unrelated meanings in English.
One is the joint in an animal's hind leg, corresponding roughly to the human ankle—the bent part you see on a horse or dog.
The other hock is a verb meaning to pawn: I had to hock my watch to make rent.
Something in hock is pawned or in debt.
White Rhine wines are also called hock, from the German town Hochheim.
Horse's rear ankle joint
- pasternEquine ankle region
- cannonLarge mounted gun
- tendonMuscle-to-bone connector
- jointShared by multiple parties
horse · leg · ankle · hoof · thoroughbred · stallion · mare · gelding
Store lending against collateral
- collateralSecurity for debt
- pledgeBinding promise given
- securityProtection from threat
- debtMoney owed another
borrower · lender · redemption · forfeit · default · loan · pawned · pawnbroker
fetlock
Horse's rear ankle joint
joint · horse · leg · ankle · hoof · thoroughbred · stallion · mare · gelding · lameness
ham
Cured pig thigh
smoked · cured · bone-in · braised · stew · soup · beans · collagen · gelatinous · slow-cooked
pawnshop
Store lending against collateral
- collateralSecurity for debt
- pledgeBinding promise given
- securityProtection from threat
debt · borrower · lender · redemption · forfeit · default · loan · pawned · pawnbroker · unredeemed
white
Absence of pigment
tendon
Muscle-to-bone connector
incapacitate · impair · hobble · weaken · sabotage · undermine · lame · maim · injure · sever
- animal partsappendage, forelimb, hind leg, hind legs, hindlegs
- bottlesglass bottle, beer bottle, wine bottle, water bottle, milk bottle
- Porkbacon, ham, pork chop, pork loin, pork tenderloin
- dog showsdog shows, show ring, handler, show dog, show dogs
- old drinksmead, ale, claret, sack, wassail
- pawnshopspawn shop, pawnshop, pawnbroker, pawn, pawning
hockredeem
Recover through payment
reclaim · retrieve · buy back · recover · repurchase
hockfreedom
Absence of constraint
financial freedom · debt-free · solvent · in the clear · unencumbered
- ham hockPig's lower leg joint