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shake one's hocks

shake one's hocks verb: to get moving; to depart in a hurry.

Verb

shake one's hocks (third-person singular simple present shakes one's hocks, present participle shaking one's hocks, simple past shook one's hocks, past participle shaken one's hocks)

  1. (US, dated, slang) To get moving; to depart in a hurry.
    • Well, we's got work to do. Finish up here, boys, we got's some miles to make. Better shake our hocks.2008, Jake Logan, Slocum 356: Slocum and Pearl of the Rio Grande, page 52
    • Shake your hocks, sugar, before those bastards blow several holes in you.2014, Eugenia Riley, Wanted Across Time

Forms of shake one's hocks

third-person singular presentshakes one's hocks
present participleshaking one's hocks
pastshook one's hocks
past participleshaken one's hocks

Questions about shake one's hocks

What does shake one's hocks mean?
Shake one's hocks means to get moving; to depart in a hurry.
What part of speech is shake one's hocks?
Shake one's hocks is a verb.
What is the past tense of shake one's hocks?
The past tense of shake one's hocks is shook one's hocks.

Words near shake one's hocks in the dictionary

  1. shake off the dust from one's feet
  2. shake on it
  3. shake one's ass
  4. shake one's elbow
  5. shake one's head
  6. shake one's hocks
  7. shake out
  8. shake over
  9. shake table
  10. shake tables
  11. shake the dust from one's feet

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