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. 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

Judge Derek Hough called the cha-cha “a punctuation mark letting everybody know that you are a top contender on this show.”

From Los Angeles Times

The cha-cha earned the pair three perfect 10s from Hough and fellow judges Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli.

From Los Angeles Times

Although their tennis freestyle didn’t “nail it” for Inaba, who gave them a 9, it earned them two perfect 10s from Hough and Tonioli.

From Los Angeles Times

“You think old Vlad Putin wouldn’t bend over if he got a call from Julianne Hough?”

From Salon

In a Game 6-clinching 8-4 win over the Dodgers, Jackson hit three first-pitch homers off three pitchers — Burt Hooten in the fourth inning, Elias Sosa in the fifth and knuckleballer Charlie Hough in the eighth, his final drive bouncing off the black-painted batter’s eye and into the waiting hands of a fan in center field.

From Los Angeles Times