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Definition of hock verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

hock

verb

NAmE//hɑk//

hock something (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they hock

he / she / it hocks

past simple hocked

-ing form hocking

to leave a valuable object with someone in exchange for money that you borrow synonym pawn

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