Hock

noun

A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.

1. The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
2. Meat from that part of a food animal.

verb

To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

1. Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.

   He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.

2. Debt.

   They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.

3. Installment purchase.
4. Prison.

verb

To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

verb

To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly

noun

To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication.