Used in a Sentence

hocking

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hocking.

Editorial note

People hocking up lougies everywhere in public (sometimes on your shoes if they don't see you walking by).

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hocking gathered in one view.

noun

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.

noun

A township in Fairfield County, Ohio.

noun

A suburb of Perth in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia, named after landowner Herbert Hocking.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hocking.

noun

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.

noun

A township in Fairfield County, Ohio.

noun

A suburb of Perth in the City of Wanneroo, Western Australia, named after landowner Herbert Hocking.

noun

A surname.

Example sentences

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People hocking up lougies everywhere in public (sometimes on your shoes if they don't see you walking by).

2

The studios that make them are more like pharmaceutical companies hocking a hot-selling miracle drug than filmmakers.

3

We are not talking about some destitute person hocking cigarettes on the street for minimum wage.

4

The first several got a lot of upvotes; a while later it became clear that it was mostly hocking a product.

5

How many skinner-box game developers are hocking virtual sheep with a free to sart game?

6

Eons before I got into web dev, I was hocking HP printers in brick and mortar tech stores.

7

Having an existing brand identity, and a number of cars on the street constantly hocking your wares, goes a long way in this industry.

8

Now imagine this: had he spent the time building a consumer-facing brand instead of hocking affiliate scams and other such bullshit, he'd actually be somewhere.

9

I assume they bought it to keep some idiot from hocking Viagra under that name.

10

If it's hocking t-shirts on a boardwalk, good for you.

11

It smells like some Terry Gilliam inspired fascist utopia where a mid level tech in the security apparatus shills for the state/employer while hocking their caveman mayonnaise.

12

I basically paid for college hocking PCs at retail 20 hours a week.

Quote examples

1

My roommate freshman year of college was hocking P90X boxes and trying to get a "downstream" going.

2

I try to be upfront about being the creator, but people still seem to have a problem with people who own things "hocking" them in niche sites.

3

It seems my choices are "go into marketing, despite how you feel about hocking clients you hate", or "work two mediocre jobs of low wage".

Proper noun examples

1

Amanda Hocking, one of the more famous of the self-publishers in recent years, decided to switch to a major publisher.

2

Some power-law-style stars have already emerged (Amanda Hocking, the 50 Shades of Grey author).

3

Founded by hedge fund expert Sam Hocking, our team is made of software engineers, bankers, marketers, psychologists and operations experts.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hocking in a sentence?

People hocking up lougies everywhere in public (sometimes on your shoes if they don't see you walking by).

What does hocking mean?

A river, the Hocking River in Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Ohio River.

What part of speech is hocking?

hocking is commonly used as noun.