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PRONUNCIATION OF IN HOCK

in hock play
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WHAT DOES IN HOCK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of in hock in the English dictionary

The first definition of in hock in the dictionary is in prison. Other definition of in hock is in debt. In hock is also in pawn.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IN HOCK

in gear
in general
in good circumstances
in good hands
In Good King Charles´s Golden Days
in good nick
in good season
in good time
in hand
in harness
in holes
in holy orders
in honour bound
in honour of
in hot water
in inverted commas
in irons
in isolation
in it
in kind

WORDS THAT END LIKE IN HOCK

acoustic shock
aftershock
anaphylactic shock
antishock
chock
culture shock
electric shock
electrical shock
electroshock
foreshock
hock
hollyhock
insulin shock
Mohock
shell shock
shock
short sharp shock
surgical shock
thermal shock
woodshock

Synonyms and antonyms of in hock in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «in hock» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IN HOCK

Find out the translation of in hock to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of in hock from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «in hock» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在飞
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

en deuda
570 millions of speakers

English

in hock
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ओल में
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في العرقوب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в закладе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

no prego
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হক মধ্যে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dans jarret
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dalam hock
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

in Sprunggelenk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

借金での
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호크 에서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing hock
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong cổ chân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஹாக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ओबड मध्ये
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hokeyde
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

in garretto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

w stawu skokowego
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в закладі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

în amaneta
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο ταρσό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

in hak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

i hasen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

i hock
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of in hock

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IN HOCK»

The term «in hock» is normally little used and occupies the 116.839 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IN HOCK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «in hock» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «in hock» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about in hock

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IN HOCK»

Discover the use of in hock in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to in hock and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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In Hock: Pawning in America from Independence through the ...
The definitive history of pawnbroking in the United States from the nation’s founding through the Great Depression, In Hock demonstrates that the pawnshop was essential to the rise of capitalism.
Wendy A. Woloson, 2009
2
Equine Podiatry
... in Standardbred racehorses. Whatever the reason, compensation for loss of support in the front end causes the hindfeet to come further under the body. This additional effort eventually fatigues the hock joints and may result in hock damage.
Andrea E. Floyd, R. A. Mansmann, 2007
3
Toward a Social History of American English
The phrases in hock and hock shop also stem from faro. The last card in the box was the hocketty card and later was said to be in hock. The player who bet the card that turned out to be the last one was at a disadvantage and, by transference , ...
Joey Lee Dillard, 1985
4
Equine Genomics
In Swedish trotters, a linear sire model applied to data from 793 horses showed a heritability of 0.27 for radiographic findings of OC in hock joints (Philipsson et al., 1993). Genetic analyses among foals at an age between 4 and 9 months and ...
Bhanu P. Chowdhary, 2013
5
Paul's Line of Thought in 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:10
... like some other philosophers, deliberately chose a humiliating way of maintaining himself by manual labor in order not to be identified with frauds who made money from their preaching activity.219 The weakness in Hock's argumentation is ...
Fredrik Lindgård, 2005
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Textual Parameters in Older Languages
Hofmann, Johann Baptist/Anton Szantyr. 1965. Lateinische Syntax und Stilistik, von J.B. Hofmann, neubearbeitet von Anton Szantyr. Miinchen: Beck. Jamison. Stephanie. 1991. "The Syntax of Direct Speech in Vedic". In Hock 1991b:95- 112.
Susan C. Herring, Pieter Th. van Reenen, Lene Schøsler, 2000
7
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
12, 1945 ▻ in hock 1 in debt, especially to a pawnbroker us, 1883 • What's the kid in nock for so far?— me Hustler, 1961 • [T]he suit didn't fit either one of them but they figured they might be able to get it in hOCk. — Herbert Huncke, Guilty or  ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
8
The Computer Industry in Japan and Its Meaning for the ...
This gives point to the quip that the firms are in hock to the bank, the banks in hock to the Bank of Japan, and the Bank of Japan in hock to the government. Moreover, because of the extensive leverage at each tier, when the government ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Computer Science and Engineering Board, 1973
9
Metamorphoses of the Vampire in Literature and Film: ...
Lucy Newlyn (Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2002). 55 Reprinted in Hock, 65. 56 Reprinted in Hock, 65. 57 See chapter 3. 58 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust , erster und zweiter Teil (Munich: Deut- scher Taschenbuch Verlag, 1997), 157.
Erik Butler, 2010
10
Meaning, Expression and Thought
In the exclusive sense, we can say that by the sentence “Rockefeller is in hock,” Steve meant “Rockefeller is in debt,” not “Rockefeller is in great financial shape.” In the inclusive sense, we can say that S meant “Rockefeller is in debt” by ...
Wayne A. Davis, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IN HOCK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term in hock is used in the context of the following news items.
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Labour MP slams party for 'behaving like a petulant child' | Politics …
PM accuses Labour of being 'in hock' to the unions as Tories... Radical left-winger Jeremy Corbyn came out against GETTY. Radical left-winger ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Government will not exceed its spending plans, says Kenny
... with Seán O'Rourke programme, Mr Kenny said the coalition would not go down the road of election promises and put the country “in hock”. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
PM accuses Labour of being 'in hock' to the unions as Tories unveil …
DAVID Cameron today accused Labour of being “utterly in hock” to trade unions after an angry backlash against Tory plans to curb strikes. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Trade unions must reveal extra information to police under new bill
Cameron said her response showed she was in hock to her union paymasters. He said the principle behind the reform was to ensure that any ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
Defiance against the parliament's surrender | SocialistWorker.org
... raise the regressive value-added sales tax, put Greek assets in hock and repeal progressive measures that the SYRIZA government passed ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
6
Eager TDs cram Dáil as Gauck has quick gawk - The Irish Times
And well he might snigger – his crowd did a lot to put us in hock to the Germans in the first place. Mary Lou couldn't hide her amusement. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
7
An open letter to Raheem Sterling from a Liverpool fan
We made sure everybody knew we wouldn't be giving our club up as easily as our then owners and the people they'd put our club in hock to ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
8
1915: Deposed bankers fail to produce cash
W.B. Slaughter, who along with son Connie put the Mercantile National Bank in Pueblo in hock, told receivers he would come up with a ... «Pueblo Chieftain, Jul 15»
9
George Osborne demands change … and the BBC simply obeys
Soaring inflation could and would destroy that link in a trice. The fee has become a tax, in hock to Treasury wishes and circumstance changes. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
10
Post Time: Friday racing notebook
The 60-year-old Campbell is scheduled to steer Jewels In Hock and Dancewithme Chuck in the two New York Sire Stakes events and will drive ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»

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