as in pawning
to leave as a guarantee of repayment of a loan
the prince had to hock the family jewels to pay his gambling debts
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Recent Examples of hocking
The page gave a deep snort, hocking a chartreuse wad against the root of the nightingale’s birch.
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Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Shein is far from the first online retailer to run into trouble with third-party vendors hocking controversial wares or flouting policy standards.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Hazlitt, 19 Nov. 2025
Shein is far from the first online retailer to run into trouble with third-party vendors hocking controversial wares or flouting policy standards.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hocking
depositing
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Pass Them Down Friends, family, and neighbors might be happy to receive hand-me-downs in good condition, just be sure to check with them before depositing a storage boxful on their porch.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
1 Jan. 2026
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Glenda Mooneyham, a South Carolina widow in her 70s, was duped into depositing $30,000 in a Bitcoin Depot ATM inside a Circle K in November 2023.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
17 Dec. 2025
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“Hocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hocking. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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