Hough

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /hÉ’k/, /hÉ’x/
• Rhymes: -É’k, -É’x
• Homophones: hock

From Old English hōh.

Full definition of hough

Noun

1. the hollow behind the knee
• 1922: In the bright light, lightened and cooled in limb, he eyed carefully his black trousers, the ends, the knees, the houghs of the knees. — James Joyce, Ulysses

Verb

1. To hamstring

Derived terms

• hougher

Pronunciation

From Middle English howe, from Anglo-Norman houe, from Old Low Franconian *houwa (cf. Middle Dutch houwe), from *houwan 'to hew'. More at hew.

Noun

1. Archaic spelling of hoe

Verb

1. Archaic spelling of hoe
• 1748, James Thomson (poet), , K:LV"Better the toiling Swain, oh happier far!Perhaps the happieÅ¿t of the Sons of Men!Who vigorous plies the Plough, the Team, or Car;Who houghs the Field, or ditches in the Glen,Delves in his Garden, or Å¿ecures his Pen."