hock
verb/hɒk/
/hɑːk/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they hock | /hɒk/ /hɑːk/ |
| he / she / it hocks | /hɒks/ /hɑːks/ |
| past simple hocked | /hɒkt/ /hɑːkt/ |
| past participle hocked | /hɒkt/ /hɑːkt/ |
| -ing form hocking | /ˈhɒkɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːkɪŋ/ |
- hock something to leave a valuable object with somebody in exchange for money that you borrow synonym pawnWord Originverb mid 19th cent. (in the phrase in hock): from Dutch hok ‘hutch, prison, debt’.
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