Hock vs. Hork — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hock and Hork
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Hock
The joint in a quadruped's hind leg between the knee and the fetlock, the angle of which points backwards.
Hork
To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load.
Hock
A knuckle of meat, especially of pork or ham.
Hork
To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
Can I hork that code from you for my project?
Hock
A dry white wine from the German Rhineland.
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Hork
(slang) To vomit, cough up.
Hock
Variant spelling of hawk
Hork
(slang) To throw.
Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre.
Hock
Deposit (an object) with a pawnbroker as security for money lent.
Hork
(slang) To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!
Hock
The tarsal joint of the hind leg of certain quadrupeds, such as horses and dogs, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction.
Hork
To move.
Go hork the kegs from out back.
Hock
A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped.
Hock
A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot.
Hock
Rhine wine.
Hock
The state of being pawned
Put the diamonds in hock.
Hock
The state of being in debt
Thought we'd never get out of hock.
Hock
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring.
Hock
To pawn
Hock a diamond ring.
Hock
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
Hock
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Hock
Meat from that part of a food animal.
Hock
Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
Hock
Debt.
They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
Hock
Installment purchase.
Hock
Prison.
Hock
(transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Hock
To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
Hock
(US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
Hock
To cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
Hock
To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag.
Hock
To produce mucus from coughing or clearing one's throat.
To hock a loogie
Hock
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
Hock
The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.
Hock
The popliteal space; the ham.
Hock
The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock.
Hock
The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock.
Hock
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Hock
To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry.
Hock
Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
Hock
Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Hock
Leave as a guarantee in return for money;
Pawn your grandfather's gold watch
Hock
Disable by cutting the hock
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