Hyphenation of hock

Are you trying to hyphenate hock? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.

hock

Definitions of hock:

1.	Any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany (`hock' is British usage)
2.	Tarsal joint of the hind leg of hoofed mammals Corresponds to the human ankle
3.	Leave as a guarantee in return for money Pawn your grandfather's gold watch
4.	Disable by cutting the hock

Synonyms of hock:

noun	Rhine wine, Rhenish, white wine
noun	joint, articulation, articulatio
verb	pawn, soak, consign, charge
verb	disable, invalid, incapacitate, handicap

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.