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
Shein is far from the first online retailer to run into trouble with third-party vendors hocking controversial wares or flouting policy standards.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hocking
depositing
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To keep your color icy and cool, Nicole suggests using DP Hue’s color-depositing conditioner.—
Mary Honkus,
Glamour,
29 Oct. 2025
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The Auburn team solved this problem by depositing their materials directly onto solid surfaces, which improved both stability and scalability.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Hocking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hocking. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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