Hock vs. Sack: What's the Difference?

The tarsal joint of the hind leg of certain quadrupeds, such as horses and dogs, corresponding to the human ankle but bending in the opposite direction.

A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.

A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped.

The amount that a sack can hold

A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot.

Also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.

Rhine wine.

(Slang) Dismissal from employment

The state of being pawned

(Informal) A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag

The state of being in debt

(Baseball) A base.

To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring.

(Football) A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.

To pawn

The looting or pillaging of a captured city or town.

A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.

Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 1500s and 1600s.

The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.

To place into a sack

Meat from that part of a food animal.

(Slang) To discharge from employment

Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.

(Football) To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.

Debt.

To rob (a town, for example) of goods or valuables, especially after capture.

Installment purchase.

A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities, such as potatoes, coal, coffee; or, a bag with handles used at a supermarket, a grocery sack; or, a small bag for small items, a satchel.

Prison.

The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity type and according to local usage; an old English measure of weight, usually of wool, equal to 13 stone (182 pounds), or in other sources, 26 stone (364 pounds).

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

(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.

To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.

(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.

(US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.

(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense⁴ below.

To cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.

(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.

To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag.

(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense⁵ below.

To produce mucus from coughing or clearing one's throat.

Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.

A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.

(dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders, such as a gown with a Watteau back or sack-back, fashionable in the late 17th to 18th century; or, formerly, a loose-fitting hip-length jacket, cloak or cape.

The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.

(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

The popliteal space; the ham.

The scrotum.

The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock.

(dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.

The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock.

Alternative spelling of sac

To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.

To put in a sack or sacks.

To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry.

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)

To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.

Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle

(American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.

Leave as a guarantee in return for money;

To discharge from a job or position; to fire.

Disable by cutting the hock

A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.

A bag for holding and carrying goods of any kind; a receptacle made of some kind of pliable material, as cloth, leather, and the like; a large pouch.

A measure of varying capacity, according to local usage and the substance. The American sack of salt is 215 pounds; the sack of wheat, two bushels.

Originally, a loosely hanging garment for women, worn like a cloak about the shoulders, and serving as a decorative appendage to the gown; now, an outer garment with sleeves, worn by women; as, a dressing sack.

A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.

See 2d Sac, 2.

Bed.

The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.

To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.

To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.

To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.

A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases

An enclosed space;

The quantity contained in a sack

Any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)

A woman's full loose hiplength jacket

A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily

A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist

The plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter;

The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

Plunder (a town) after capture;

Terminate the employment of;

Make as a net profit;

Put in a sack;