hough

¹

[ hok; Scots hokh ]

noun

1. Scot. hock ¹( defs 1, 2 ).

verb (used with object)

1. Scot. to hamstring.

verb (used without object)

1. British Dialect Obsolete. to clear the throat; hack.

Hough

²

[ huhf ]

noun

1. Emerson, 1857–1923, U.S. novelist.

hough

/ hɒk /

noun

1. See hock
   another word for hock 1
2. hɒx in Scotland, a cut of meat corresponding to shin

verb

1. to hamstring (cattle, horses, etc)

Word History and Origins

Origin of hough¹

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; hock ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of hough¹

C14: from Old English hōh heel

Example Sentences

On housing, Bry and Hough each tried to appeal to people who don’t want new housing to be built, and to people who demand housing be more affordable.

From Voice of San Diego

Hough, a county planning commissioner who got the Sierra Club endorsement, distinguished himself with a “neighborhoods first” campaign that was suspicious of developers and City Hall.

From Voice of San Diego

Lee thanked both his supporters as well as Hough’s, and identified housing, homeless and infrastructure as some of the major challenges ahead.

From Voice of San Diego

As Election Day nears, Hough has fully embraced his position against Measure B as a differentiator in the race – in the process angering former allies who see the measure as both essential to the city’s climate efforts and a social equity policy.

From Voice of San Diego

Lee also has the support of major labor groups and the Regional Chamber of Commerce, while Hough is drawing on environmentalists.

From Voice of San Diego

Actresses, mainly: Julianne Hough, Katharine McPhee, Lea Michele.

From The Daily Beast

Some actors dance: Julianne Hough gets cast in a lot of dancing roles.

From The Daily Beast

Playful or not, anyone planning to pull a Hough on Halloween better be prepared to be exploited.

From The Daily Beast

Hough would have blended in seamlessly at the “Disco Africa”-themed Halloweek masquerade party held in Milan that same night.

From The Daily Beast

California community-college instructor Jason Wayne Hough proposed to his future husband more than a year ago.

From The Daily Beast

Dr. Hough, of Worcester, was remarkable for evenness of temper, of which the following story affords a proof.

From Project Gutenberg

It proves conclusively that Mr. Hough is a novelist of no ordinary quality.

From Project Gutenberg

Hough says infractions are so few that it would be hard to say what the penalties are, probably ridicule and ostracism.

From Project Gutenberg

The foregoing description of Hough's is an account of the Walpi ceremony, where we find only one Flute fraternity.

From Project Gutenberg

The confession seems to have been safely made, and doubtless churchwarden Hough was proud of it.

From Project Gutenberg