hocks

Sells for cash

Hocks are the joints in the hind legs of four-legged animals, roughly equivalent to the human ankle.

In cooking, hock refers to a cut of meat from this area, especially pork: ham hocks simmered with collard greens.

To hock something is to pawn it: He hocked his watch to make rent.

Someone in hock is in debt or in pawn.

pawn

pawnshop

Store lending against collateral

pawned · loan · redeem · ticket · valuables · jewelry · belongings · possessions · temporary · cash

anatomy

tarsus

Ankle bone cluster

leg · bones · ligaments · tendons · hoof · paw · fetlock · pastern · shank · hindquarters

pork

ham

Cured pig thigh

stew · soup · beans · stock · broth · collagen · gelatin · slow-cooked · meat · bone-in

equine

horse

Domesticated riding animal

pastern · cannon · stifle · lameness · swelling · curb · farrier · veterinary · conformation · soundness

Categories
Opposites
pawning/financial transaction

hocksredeems

Exchanges for worth

retrieves · reclaims · buys back · recovers · collects

financial disposition of assets

hockskeeps

Retains or strongholds

retains · acquires · purchases · invests · saves

Phrases
Family

hock, hocked, hocking

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
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