hocks (Meaning)
hocks
a small cut of meat from either the front or hind leg just above the foot especially of a pig, the region in the hind limb of a four-footed animal (as the horse) that corresponds to the human ankle, pawn entry 3, a small cut of meat from a front or hind leg just above the foot, a joint of a fowl's leg that corresponds to the hock of a quadruped, prison, 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 see horse illustration, to forcefully spit out (something, such as phlegm), pawn, the joint or region of the joint that unites the tarsal bones in the hind limb of a digitigrade quadruped (as the horse) and that corresponds to the human ankle but is elevated and bends backward, rhine wine sense 1, debt sense 2, pawn entry 2 sense 2
Synonyms & Antonyms of hocks
Synonyms:
- holds
- gulags
- concentration camps
- guardhouses
- reformatories
- dungeons
- training schools
- labor camps
- work camps
- blocks
- keeps
- hulks
- prison camps
- holes
- bull pens
- calabooses
- reform schools
- glasshouses
- wards
- hoosegows
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
hocks Sentence Examples
- The horse reared up on its hocks, its hooves pawing the ground.
- The doctor examined the patient's hocks, checking for any signs of arthritis.
- The pig farmer vaccinated the piglets against hock disease.
- The butcher cut the hocks off the pig, preparing them for sale.
- The hikers felt the strain in their hocks after a long day of climbing.
- The ballet dancer gracefully pointed her hocks to demonstrate her flexibility.
- The basketball player injured his hock during a game.
- The animal shelter rescued a stray cat with severely injured hocks.
- The vet administered antibiotics to treat the dog's infected hocks.
- The sculptor captured the intricate details of the horse's hocks in his bronze statue.
FAQs About the word hocks
a small cut of meat from either the front or hind leg just above the foot especially of a pig, the region in the hind limb of a four-footed animal (as the horse
pens,penitentiaries, joints, jails, prisons, jailhouses, cells, pokeys, stirs, jugs
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The horse reared up on its hocks, its hooves pawing the ground.
The doctor examined the patient's hocks, checking for any signs of arthritis.
The pig farmer vaccinated the piglets against hock disease.
The butcher cut the hocks off the pig, preparing them for sale.
