{
  "hock":{
    "antonyms":[
      "bastille",
      "big house",
      "bridewell",
      "brig",
      "calaboose",
      "can",
      "clink",
      "cooler",
      "coop",
      "guardroom",
      "hold",
      "hoosegow",
      "jail",
      "jailhouse",
      "joint",
      "jug",
      "lockup",
      "nick",
      "pen",
      "penitentiary",
      "pokey",
      "prison",
      "quod",
      "slam",
      "slammer",
      "stir",
      "stockade",
      "tolbooth"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": 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"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "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"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8h\u00e4k"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "pawn",
      "pledge"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-223230",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hocus":{
    "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"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-175943",
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "hocus-pocus":{
    "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":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1527, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-230733"
  }
}