shake one's hocks en · VERB
Meanings
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(US, dated, slang) To get moving; to depart in a hurry.
Well, we's got work to do. Finish up here, boys, we got's some miles to make. Better shake our hocks.
2008, Jake Logan, Slocum 356: Slocum and Pearl of the Rio Grande, page 52:Shake your hocks, sugar, before those bastards blow several holes in you.
2014, Eugenia Riley, Wanted Across Time:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shakes one's hocks | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shaken one's hocks | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shaking one's hocks | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shook one's hocks | Tense=Past | lexicographic |