Hock vs. Sack

Hock and Sack Definitions
Hock
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.
Sack
A bag, especially one made of strong material for holding grain or objects in bulk.
Hock
A joint in the leg of a domestic fowl similar to the hock of a quadruped.
Sack
The amount that a sack can hold
Sold two sacks of rice.
Hock
A small cut of meat, especially ham, from the front or hind leg directly above the foot.
Sack
Also sacque A short loose-fitting garment for women and children.
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Hock
Rhine wine.
Sack
(Slang) Dismissal from employment
Finally got the sack after a year of ineptitude.
Hock
The state of being pawned
Put the diamonds in hock.
Sack
(Informal) A bed, mattress, or sleeping bag
Hit the sack at 10:00.
Hock
The state of being in debt
Thought we'd never get out of hock.
Sack
(Baseball) A base.
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Hock
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; hamstring.
Sack
(Football) A successful attempt at sacking the quarterback.
Hock
To pawn
Hock a diamond ring.
Sack
The looting or pillaging of a captured city or town.
Hock
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still, from the Hochheim region; often applied to all Rhenish wines.
Sack
Any of various light, dry, strong wines from Spain and the Canary Islands, imported to England in the 1500s and 1600s.
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Hock
The tarsal joint of a digitigrade quadruped, such as a horse, pig or dog.
Sack
To place into a sack
Sacked the groceries.
Hock
Meat from that part of a food animal.
Sack
(Slang) To discharge from employment
Sacked the workers who were caught embezzling.
Hock
Pawn, obligation as collateral for a loan.
He needed $750 to get his guitar out of hock at the pawnshop.
Sack
(Football) To tackle (a quarterback attempting to pass the ball) behind the line of scrimmage.
Hock
Debt.
They were in hock to the bank for $35 million.
Sack
To rob (a town, for example) of goods or valuables, especially after capture.
Hock
Installment purchase.
Sack
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.
Hock
Prison.
Sack
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).
Hock
(transitive) To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Sack
(uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
The sack of Rome
Hock
To leave with a pawnbroker as security for a loan.
Sack
(uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
Hock
(US) To bother; to pester; to annoy incessantly.
Sack
(American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage. See verb sense4 below.
Hock
To cough heavily, especially causing uvular frication.
Sack
(baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
He twisted his ankle sliding into the sack at second.
Hock
To cough while the vomit reflex is triggered; to gag.
Sack
(informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack or get the sack. See verb sense5 below.
The boss is gonna give her the sack today.
He got the sack for being late all the time.
Hock
To produce mucus from coughing or clearing one's throat.
To hock a loogie
Sack
Bed (either literally or figuratively); usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
Hock
A Rhenish wine, of a light yellow color, either sparkling or still. The name is also given indiscriminately to all Rhenish wines.
Sack
(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.
Hock
The joint in the hind limb of quadrupeds between the leg and shank, or tibia and tarsus, and corresponding to the ankle in man.
Sack
(dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
Hock
The popliteal space; the ham.
Sack
The scrotum.
He got passed the ball, but it hit him in the sack.
Hock
The state of having been pawned; usually preceded by in; as, all her jewelry is in hock.
Sack
(dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine from southern Europe; sherry.
Hock
The state of being in debt; as, it took him two years to get out of hock.
Sack
Alternative spelling of sac
Hock
To disable by cutting the tendons of the hock; to hamstring; to hough.
Sack
To put in a sack or sacks.
Help me sack the groceries.
Hock
To pawn; as, to hock one's jewelry.
Sack
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
Hock
Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
Sack
To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
The barbarians sacked Rome in 410 CE.
Hock
Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals; corresponds to the human ankle
Sack
(American football) To tackle the quarterback behind the line of scrimmage, especially before he is able to throw a pass.
Hock
Leave as a guarantee in return for money;
Pawn your grandfather's gold watch
Sack
To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
He was sacked last September.
Hock
Disable by cutting the hock
Sack
A name formerly given to various dry Spanish wines.
Sack
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.
Sack
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.
Sack
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.
Sack
A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
Sack
See 2d Sac, 2.
Sack
Bed.
Sack
The pillage or plunder, as of a town or city; the storm and plunder of a town; devastation; ravage.
The town was stormed, and delivered up to sack, - by which phrase is to be understood the perpetration of all those outrages which the ruthless code of war allowed, in that age, on the persons and property of the defenseless inhabitants, without regard to sex or age.
Sack
To put in a sack; to bag; as, to sack corn.
Bolsters sacked in cloth, blue and crimson.
Sack
To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
Sack
To plunder or pillage, as a town or city; to devastate; to ravage.
The Romans lay under the apprehensions of seeing their city sacked by a barbarous enemy.
Sack
A bag made of paper or plastic for holding customer's purchases
Sack
An enclosed space;
The trapped miners found a pocket of air
Sack
The quantity contained in a sack
Sack
Any of various light dry strong white wine from Spain and Canary Islands (including sherry)
Sack
A woman's full loose hiplength jacket
Sack
A hanging bed of canvas or rope netting (usually suspended between two trees); swing easily
Sack
A loose-fitting dress hanging straight from the shoulders without a waist
Sack
The plundering of a place by an army or mob; usually involves destruction and slaughter;
The sack of Rome
Sack
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Sack
Plunder (a town) after capture;
The barbarians sacked Rome
Sack
Terminate the employment of;
The boss fired his secretary today
The company terminated 25% of its workers
Sack
Make as a net profit;
The company cleared $1 million
Sack
Put in a sack;
The grocer sacked the onions