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Hock vs Huck - What's the difference?

hock | huck |

As nouns the difference between hock and huck

is that hock is a Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines while huck is long throw, generally at least half a field or more.

As verbs the difference between hock and huck

is that hock is to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough while huck is to throw a long way.

hock

English

Etymology 1

From hockamore, from the name of the German town of .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region, but often applied to all Rhenish wines.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) hoch, hough, hocke, from Old English ‘skeleton’)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
  • Meat from that part of a food animal.
    • Derived terms
    * rattle one's hocks

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

    • Etymology 3

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (senseid)(colloquial) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

    • Noun

    (-)
  • , obligation as collateral for a loan.
    • He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
  • *
  • Debt.
    • They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
  • Installment purchase.
  • *
  • Prison.
    • Derived terms
    * Hock Monday * Hock Tuesday

    Etymology 4

    (Hakn a tshaynik) (etyl)

    Alternative forms

    * hak

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly

    • Anagrams

    * English terms with multiple etymologies

    huck

    English

    Verb

  • (Ultimate Frisbee) To throw a long way
  • (informal) to throw or chuck
    • He was so angry he hucked the book at my face.
  • (mountain biking) To gain extra height from a jump by compressing the springs just before the take-off
    • Longer forks make the bike more cumbersome, but you will be able to huck off of more stuff.
    If you huck it (the take-off), you'll drop about 20 feet.
  • (mountain biking) To make a maneuver in a clumsy way.
  • (whitewater kayaking) To paddle off of a waterfall or to boof a big drop.
    • I hucked a sweet 25 foot waterfall on the Tomata River.
  • (dated) To haggle in trading.
  • (snowboarding, skiing) To throw oneself off a large jump or drop.
    • Dude go huck that cornice!

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Ultimate Frisbee) Long throw, generally at least half a field or more.
  • (skiing, snowboarding) a drop or jump off of a cliff or cornice