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HOCK

4 letters

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Classic 1 pts
Big 1 pts
Super Big 1 pts

HOCK is a valid 4-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic, 1 in Big, and 1 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

HOCKS-s 2 HOCKING-ing 5 HOCKED-ed 3
noun
  1. countableuncountableA Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
  2. countableThe tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
  3. countableuncountableMeat from that part of a food animal.
  4. countableThe hollow behind the knee.
  5. informaluncountablePawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
    • He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
  6. informaluncountableDebt.
    • They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
  7. informaluncountableInstallment purchase.
  8. informaluncountablePrison.
  9. alternativeinformalAlternative form of hawk (“cough”).
  10. informalThe last card turned up in the game of faro.
verb
  1. transitiveTo disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
  2. colloquialtransitiveTo leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
  3. USinformalTo bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
  4. alternativeinformalAlternative form of hawk (“cough, clear one's throat of phlegm”).