Definition of hock

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Hock (v. t.) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

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Scotch :: Scotch (n.) A chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping; as, a scotch for a wheel or a log on inclined ground..
Shock-headed :: Shock-headed (a.) Having a thick and bushy head of hair.
Seismography :: Seismography (n.) The art of registering the shocks and undulatory movements of earthquakes.
Horrible :: Horrible (a.) Exciting, or tending to excite, horror or fear; dreadful; terrible; shocking; hideous; as, a horrible sight; a horrible story; a horrible murder..
Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..
Ham :: Ham (n.) The region back of the knee joint; the popliteal space; the hock.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To meet with violence or shock; to clash; to jostle.
Shock :: Shock (v.) To give a shock to; to cause to shake or waver; hence, to strike against suddenly; to encounter with violence..
Slam :: Slam (n.) The shock and noise produced in slamming.
Chock-full :: Chock-full (a.) Quite full; choke-full.
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) An action induced by vital resistance to some other action; depression or exhaustion of vital force consequent on overexertion or overstimulation; heightened activity and overaction succeeding depression or shock.
Curb :: Curb (n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness..
Heartstrike :: Heartstrike (v. t.) To affect at heart; to shock.
Stormy :: Stormy (superl.) Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks..
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Shocking :: Shocking (a.) Causing to shake or tremble, as by a blow; especially, causing to recoil with horror or disgust; extremely offensive or disgusting..
Hockamore :: Hockamore (n.) A Rhenish wine. [Obs.] See Hock.
Heartstricken :: Heartstricken (a.) Shocked; dismayed.
Tremendous :: Tremendous (a.) Fitted to excite fear or terror; such as may astonish or terrify by its magnitude, force, or violence; terrible; dreadful; as, a tremendous wind; a tremendous shower; a tremendous shock or fall..
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