The difference between Hock and Hork
When used as verbs, hock means to disable by cutting the tendons of the hock, whereas hork means to foul up.
Hock is also noun with the meaning: a rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the hochheim region.
check bellow for the other definitions of Hock and Hork
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Hock as a noun:
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
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Hock as a noun:
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
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Hock as a noun:
Meat from that part of a food animal.
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Hock as a verb (transitive):
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
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Hock as a verb (transitive, colloquial):
To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
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Hock as a noun:
Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
Examples:
"He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop."
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Hock as a noun:
Debt.
Examples:
"They were in hock to the bank for $35 million."
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Hock as a noun:
Installment purchase.
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Hock as a noun:
Prison.
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Hock as a verb (US):
To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly
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Hock as a noun:
To cough heavily, esp. causing uvular frication. To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag. To produce mucus from coughing or clearing one's throat.
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Hork as a verb (computing, slang):
To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken.
Examples:
"I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load."
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Hork as a verb (slang, regional):
To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest.
Examples:
"Can I hork that code from you for my project?"
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Hork as a verb (slang):
To vomit, cough up.
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Hork as a verb (slang):
To throw.
Examples:
"Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre."
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Hork as a verb (slang):
To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble.
Examples:
"I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night!"
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Hork as a verb (slang, transitive):
To move.
Examples:
"Go hork the kegs from out back."