Hock may refer to:
Common meanings:
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Hock (wine)
Hock is a British term for German white wine. It sometimes refers to white wine from the Rhine region (specifically Riesling) and sometimes to all German white wine. The word ''hock'' is short for the obsolete word ''hockamore'', an alteration of ...
, a type of wine
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Hock (anatomy)
The hock, or gambrel, is the joint between the tarsal bones and tibia of a digitigrade or unguligrade quadrupedal mammal, such as a horse, cat, or dog. This joint may include articulations between tarsal bones and the fibula in some species (such ...
, part of an animal's leg
* To leave an item with a
pawnbroker
A pawnbroker is an individual or business (pawnshop or pawn shop) that offers secured loans to people, with items of personal property used as collateral. The items having been ''pawned'' to the broker are themselves called ''pledges'' or ...
People:
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Hock (surname) Hock is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Adam Hock (born 1964), American businessman
*Christian Hock (born 1970), German footballer and manager
*Dee Hock (1929–2022), American businessman
* Gareth Hock (born 1983), English ru ...
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Richard "Hock" Walsh
Richard "Hock" Walsh (December 19, 1948 – December 31, 1999) was one of the first professional blues singers in Canada. He is particularly notable as the co-founder of the Downchild Blues Band and was the original singer of that band's best- ...
(1948-1999), Canadian blues singer
Other uses:
* A type of
wine bottle
A wine bottle is a bottle, generally a glass bottle, that is used for holding wine. Some wines are fermented in the bottle while others are bottled only after fermentation. Recently the bottle has become a standard unit of volume to describe sal ...
used primarily for German or Alsatian wine
See also
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Hock Mountain
Hock Mountain is a 7,750-foot-elevation (2,362 meter) summit located in the Methow Mountains, a subset of the North Cascades in Washington state.
It is situated on the triple-shared boundary of North Cascades National Park, Lake Chelan-Sawto ...
, a summit in Washington state
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Hocktide
Hocktide, Hock tide or Hoke Day is a very old term used to denote the Monday and Tuesday in the second week after Easter. It was an English medieval festival; both the Tuesday and the preceding Monday were the Hock-days. Together with Whitsuntide ...
or Hock tide, an English holiday consisting of Hock Monday and Hock Tuesday
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