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Hocked vs Socked - What's the difference?

hocked | socked |

As verbs the difference between hocked and socked

is that hocked is (hock) while socked is (sock).

hocked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hock)

    • Anagrams

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    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

    .

    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

    socked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sock)

    • sock

    English

    (wikipedia sock)

    Etymology 1

    * From (etyl) socke, sokke, sok, from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A knitted or woven covering for the foot
  • A shoe worn by Greco-Roman comedy actors
  • A violent blow, punch
  • A shortened version of (Internet) sock puppet
    • "For enemies near are enemies known though socks are a bother he feels at last not alone " RationalWiki
  • (firearms, informal) a gun sock
    • Derived terms
    * bobby socks * knock somebody's socks off * sock hop * sock puppet
    References

    Etymology 2

    * Unknown, but compare Portuguese soco ("a hit with one's hand; a punch"). (en)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To hit or strike violently
  • To deliver a blow
    • They may let you off the first time, but the second time they'll sock it to you. — James Jones
    Derived terms
    * sock away * sock in * sockdolager

    Etymology 3

    (etyl) soc, (lena) soccus, perhaps of Celtic origin.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A ploughshare.
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