(in combination) Having a specified kind of hock.

Middle English version of hotchpotch [Origin: 1350–1400] / a thick soup or stew of vegetables or meat, often thickened with barley. / (Britain) hodgepodge. / (law) a hotchpot

plural of hochepoche

Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning. / (computing) Arbitrary decision rules sometimes included in artificially intelligent software to simulate the unexpectedness in human reasoning.

(ice hockey) fabric tape used to wrap the hockey blade of a hockey stick

(ice hockey) a goal cage that contains the scoring zone where the hockey puck must enter to score a goal

(ice hockey) A large bag for all the equipment of a hockey player: hockey skates, hockey stick, shin pads, shoulder pads, helmet, puck, etc.

(ice hockey) A small black flat roundel of hardened rubber used as a playing piece in ice hockey to score points by moving the puck into the opponent's goal net.

Alternative spelling of ad hocism

Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning. / (architecture) An eclectic style in which various separately designed elements are combined.