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Hock tide

Hock tide is the alternative form of Hocktide.

Meaning of Hocktide

Proper noun

Hocktide

  1. (historical) A medieval English festival celebrated on the second Monday and Tuesday after Easter Sunday. The festivities involved men and women tying each other up and demanding a kiss or other payment for release.
    Synonyms:
    Hockday

Questions about Hock tide

What is Hock tide the alternative form of?
Hock tide is the alternative form of Hocktide.

Words near Hock tide in the dictionary

  1. hock
  2. hock lock
  3. hock locks
  4. Hock Monday
  5. Hock process
  6. Hock tide
  7. Hock Tuesday
  8. Hock-tide
  9. Hockaday
  10. Hockadays
  11. hockamore

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hock tide (page history and authors); Hocktide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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