hocking

Verb (1)

hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked)

1. (transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

   Synonyms:

   hamstring, hough, hox

Verb (2)

hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked)

1. (colloquial, transitive) To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
   • Agent Beeman (Noah Emmerich): I think we got him. / Special Agent Gaad (Richard Thomas): Who? / Agent Beeman: I-I-I don't know. The guy who killed Chris, the--the Russians, the whole damn thing maybe. / Special Agent Gaad: You want to sit down? / Agent Beeman: The guy from the salvage yard who...2013, “Only You” (20:08 from the start), in The Americans, season 1, episode 10

Verb (3)

hock (third-person singular simple present hocks, present participle hocking, simple past and past participle hocked)

1. (US, informal) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.

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