out of hock

Variant of hock

hock definition

hock (häk)

noun

  1. the joint bending backward in the hind leg of a horse, ox, etc., corresponding to the human ankle
  2. the corresponding joint in the leg of a fowl

Etymology: S Brit var. of Scot hough < ME hoh, heel < OE < Gmc *hanha, heel, with loss of nasal as in soft, tooth

transitive verb

to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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