FluentPlex

hock

noun C2
  1. Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan. (informal, uncountable) · He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
  2. Debt. (informal, uncountable) · They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
  3. Installment purchase. (informal, uncountable)
  4. Prison. (informal, uncountable)
+ Save to review

Other matches

Learn hock in real texts

With a free account, hover any word in the library for its meaning, hear it read aloud, save words for review timed to your memory, and see how much of each book you already know.

Create free account
Words, meanings, pronunciations and translations from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); how common each word is from wordfreq. Made into this dictionary by FluentPlex.