hock

Example Sentences

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Razor-sharp teeth and surgical precision allow the bats to make an incision in an animal, such as in the hock of a cow, without the animal feeling it.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

She added that the risk of hock burn "is significantly higher when birds are poorly managed, genetically selected to grow very fast or reared in overcrowded conditions".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Including any sign of hock burn ulcers at all, it says their shoppers found 74% of the chickens they checked had the condition.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

Connor Jackson, co-founder of the campaign group, said hock burn was "one symptom of a much larger problem".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

To invent a new market was only a matter of finding a new asset to hock.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis