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Rarehocks
The correct spelling is hocks.
How to pronounce hocks
noun
Say it like: Hok-s
The correct spelling is hocks. A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
- 2.The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
- 3.Meat from that part of a food animal.
- 4.To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.
verb
- 1.To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
- 2.To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
- 3.To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
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