noun
hock
A German white wine.
The old menu offers a glass of hock with the fish.
Etymology
Hock shortens hockamore, a name derived from Hochheim in Germany. The town-associated wine name broadened in English to German white wines more generally.
More examples
- She ordered a bottle of hock.
- Several hocks appeared in the cellar list.
- He compared the hock with another white wine.
Forms
hock · hocks
Similar words
- Riesling
- A grape and its wine, not all German white wine.
- white wine
- The broad category without German origin.