": a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped":[],
": a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot":[
"ham hocks"
],
": debt sense 2":[
"in hock to the bank"
],
": pawn":[],
": pawn entry 2 sense 2":[
"got his watch out of hock"
],
": prison":[],
": rhine wine sense 1":[],
": the tarsal joint or region in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (such as the horse) corresponding to the human ankle but elevated and bending backward \u2014 see horse illustration":[],
": to forcefully spit out (something, such as phlegm)":[
"hock a loogie",
"hock a wad of tobacco"
]
},
"examples":[
"Verb (1)",
"the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts"
],
"first_known_use":{
"1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1878, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"1883, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Noun",
"1990, in the meaning defined above":"Verb",
"circa 1625, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
},
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"Dutch hok pen, prison":"Noun and Verb",
"Middle English hoch, hough , from Old English h\u014dh heel; akin to Old Norse h\u0101sin hock":"Noun",
"modification of German Hochheimer , from Hochheim , Germany":"Noun",
"variant of hawk entry 3":"Verb"
},
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"\u02c8h\u00e4k"
],
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"pledge"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223230",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": to perpetrate a trick or hoax on : deceive":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1675, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"obsolete hocus , noun, short for hocus-pocus":""
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u014d-k\u0259s"
],
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"synonyms":[],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175943",
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"antonyms":[],
"definitions":{
": nonsense or sham used especially to cloak deception":[],
": sleight of hand":[],
": to play tricks on":[]
},
"examples":[],
"first_known_use":{
"1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
"1774, in the meaning defined above":"Verb"
},
"history_and_etymology":{
"probably from hocus pocus , imitation Latin phrase used by jugglers":"Noun"
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02cch\u014d-k\u0259s-\u02c8p\u014d-k\u0259s"
],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"synonyms":[
"conjuring",
"legerdemain",
"magic",
"prestidigitation"
],
"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065434",
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hoccleve":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Thomas 1368(or 1369)\u2013 circa 1450 English poet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k-\u02ccl\u0113v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152834"
},
"hoc age":{
"type":[
"Latin phrase"
],
"definitions":{
": do this : apply yourself to what you are doing : pay attention":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"h\u014dk-\u02c8\u00e4-ge"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-170816"
},
"Hoccleve":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"Thomas 1368(or 1369)\u2013 circa 1450 English poet":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k-\u02ccl\u0113v"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-222002"
},
"hoch":{
"type":[
"interjection"
],
"definitions":{},
"pronounciation":[
"-\u014d-",
"\u02c8h\u014d\u1e35",
"\u02c8h\u00e4\u1e35"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German, literally, high, from Old High German h\u014dh":"Interjection"
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220708-224532"
},
"hoc":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a card game in which the holder gives certain cards any value":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"French, perhaps from Latin, this, neuter of hic this":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011013"
},
"Hochelaga":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": an extinct Iroquoian people located on the site of present Montreal":[],
": a member of the Hochelaga people":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"|\u022fsh-",
"-l\u00e4-",
"(\u02cc)h|\u00e4sh(\u0259)\u02c8lag\u0259",
"|\u014dsh-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-112949"
},
"hockey skate":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a special skate used for ice hockey":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-205600"
},
"hockeyist":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a hockey player":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"-ki|",
"\u02c8h\u00e4k\u0113|\u0259\u0307st"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-213446"
},
"hockey":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": field hockey":[],
": ice hockey":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4-k\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Ryan was a professional hockey player whose job took him all over, while Jenna had moved to Nashville to pursue her dream of becoming a musician, and was touring with Stuart as The Reklaws. \u2014 Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE.com , 26 June 2022",
"But Hodson is firmly acknowledged as the hockey player who perfected the art. \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 11 June 2022",
"Seth Jarvis, the Carolina Hurricanes\u2019 rookie center, bore the swollen aspect of a playoff hockey player on Friday. \u2014 New York Times , 27 May 2022",
"The best hockey player in the history of Letterkenny, Ontario is back in action. \u2014 Josh Chesler, SPIN , 27 May 2022",
"One of the strangers was Kinsley Rolph, a journalism student and hockey player at Chapman University in Orange County, about 20 miles from Long Beach. \u2014 Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone , 1 May 2022",
"The Milwaukee High School Sports Award program, presented by Festival Foods, is proud to announce the nominees for girls hockey player of the year. \u2014 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , 21 Apr. 2022",
"Jen Lee, a sledge hockey player, tweeted Saturday night that someone had broken into his car at The Rim, a mall in San Antonio, and stolen a bag that had all three medals in it. \u2014 NBC News , 18 Apr. 2022",
"Yakovenko, like some of the other Solana founders, is also an Ironman and an underwater hockey player. \u2014 Declan Harty, Fortune , 14 Apr. 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"perhaps from Middle French hoquet shepherd's crook, diminutive of hoc hook, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English h\u014dc hook":""
": being or growing on various acid peats or peaty soils":[
"the hochmoor soils along the Baltic coast"
]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u014d\u1e35+\u02cc-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"German hoch high + moor fen, swamp, from Old High German muor":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-154845"
},
"hocket":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hiccup":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hocket obstacle, from Middle French hoquet , of imitative origin":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220710-224525"
},
"hockelty":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hock entry 9":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k\u0259lt\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"origin unknown":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-034358"
},
"Hockday":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": the second Tuesday after Easter celebrated in England before the 18th century with rough sport and humorous play originally for the collection of funds for community purposes":[],
": the second Monday after Easter":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k\u02ccd\u0101"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hockedai, hokeday":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-145051"
},
"hockey stick":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a curved or angled stick used in playing hockey":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104210"
},
"Hocking":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"William Ernest 1873\u20131966 American philosopher":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4-ki\u014b"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-121329"
},
"hocking ale":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": ale for the Hocktide festival":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4ki\u014b-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hokyng , gerund of hoken, hocken to celebrate Hocktide":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-140806"
},
"hock leg":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a cabriole having a broken curve on the inner side of the knee":[]
},
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"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"hock entry 4":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-145510"
},
"Hock Monday":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hockday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k-"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hoc Monday , from hoc-, hocke-, hoke- (in hockedai, hokeday Hockday) + Monday":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-183428"
},
"Hock money":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": money collected at Hocktide":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\"+"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hockemoney , from hocke-, hoke- + money":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-195817"
},
"Hockney":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
],
"definitions":{
"David 1937\u2013 British painter and photographer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k-n\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-202843"
},
"hockshop":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": pawnshop":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8h\u00e4k-\u02ccsh\u00e4p"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"1871, in the meaning defined above":""
},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-020435"
},
"Hocktide":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": Hock Monday and Hock Tuesday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hoketyde , from hoke- + tyde, tide time, season":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-023642"
},
"Hock Tuesday":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": hockday":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English hoke Tuesday , from hoc-, hocke-, hoke- (in hockedai, hakeday Hockday) + Tuesday":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220713-030335"
},
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"type":[
"Latin quotation from Virgil"
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"definitions":{
": this is the task, this is the hard work : this is the hard part":[]
