HOCKED Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

hocked

verb

past tense of hock

as in pawned

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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Anderson then pawned Larice’s phone at a Walmart located at 3200 NW 79th Street via a kiosk owned by ecoATM.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 18 Aug. 2026
At one point, the family pawned the title to their car to help keep his dream alive.

— Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 June 2026

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Jeanie may view walking away as losing something that can’t be replaced by any amount deposited into a bank account.

— Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Unlike other volatile urinary odors that quickly change once they are deposited on an object, these evaporate more slowly.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026

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