hock¹ /hok/ or hough /hok or (Scot) hohh/

1. A joint on the hindleg of a quadruped, between the knee and fetlock, and sometimes on the leg of a domestic fowl, corresponding to the ankle joint in humans
2. A piece of meat extending from the hock joint upwards
3. In humans, the back part of the knee joint
4. The ham

To hamstring

hockˈer noun

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