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cacophonous, discordant, grinding, jarring, rough, scraping, scratching; cawing, raucous, strident; choked, cracked, strained, strangled

hoary adjective hoar·i·er; -est 1 : gray or white with or as if with age

2 : extremely old : ANCIENT

— hoar·i·ness noun

Synonyms

age-old, ancient, antediluvian, antique, dateless, old, venerable—more at ANCIENT

1hoax verb : to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something that is false

Synonyms

beguile, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, have, hoodwink, humbug, misinform, mislead, string along, take in, trick—more at DECEIVE

2hoax noun 1 : an act intended to trick or dupe

2 : something accepted or established by fraud

Synonyms

counterfeit, fake, forgery, humbug, phony, sham—more at FAKE

hoax·er noun : one that hoaxes another

Synonyms

cheat, dodger, shark, sharper, swindler, trickster—more at TRICKSTER

charlatan, fake, fraud, humbug, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack

hob noun : action that annoys or irritates : MISCHIEF — used with play and raise

1hobble verb hob·bled, hob·bling 1 : to limp along; also : to make lame

2 : to fasten together the legs of (as a horse) to prevent straying : FETTER

3 : to place under handicap : HAMPER

Synonyms

clog, cramp, delay, embarrass, encumber, fetter, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere, manacle, obstruct, shackle, tie up, trammel—more at HAMPER

2hobble noun 1 : a hobbling movement

2 : something used to hobble an animal

hob·by noun, plural hobbies : a pursuit or interest engaged in for relaxation

— hob·by·ist noun

hob·by·horse noun 1 : a stick with a horse's head on which children pretend to ride

2 : a toy horse mounted on rockers

3 : a topic to which one constantly reverts

hob·gob·lin noun 1 : a mischievous goblin

2 : a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment : BOGEY

Synonyms

[1] brownie, dwarf, elf, fairy, fay, gnome, leprechaun, pixie, puck, troll—more at FAIRY

[2] bogey, bugbear, bête noire, ogre—more at BOGEY

hob·nail noun : a short large-headed nail for studding shoe soles

— hob·nailed adjective

hob·nob verb hob·nobbed; hob·nob·bing : to associate familiarly

Synonyms

associate, chum, consort, fraternize, hang around, pal—more at ASSOCIATE

associate, fraternize, mingle, mix, socialize—more at SOCIALIZE

ho·bo noun, plural hoboes also hobos : a homeless and usu. penniless vagabond : TRAMP

Synonyms

bum, tramp, vagabond, vagrant—more at TRAMP

1hock noun : a joint or region in the hind limb of a quadruped just above the foot and corresponding to the human ankle

2hock noun [ORIGIN: D hok pen, prison]

: PAWN; also : DEBT 3

— hock verb

hock·ey noun 1 : FIELD HOCKEY

2 : ICE HOCKEY

ho·cus–po·cus noun 1 : SLEIGHT OF HAND

2 : nonsense or sham used to conceal deception

hod noun : a long-handled carrier for mortar or bricks

hodge·podge noun : a heterogeneous mixture : JUMBLE

Synonyms

assortment, clutter, hash, jumble, litter, medley, miscellany, motley, muddle, mélange, potpourri, rummage, scramble, shuffle, tumble, variety, welter—more at MISCELLANY

Hodgkin's disease noun : a neoplastic disease of lymphoid tissue characterized esp. by enlargement of lymph nodes, spleen, and liver

hoe noun : a long-handled implement with a thin flat blade used esp. for cultivating, weeding, or loosening the earth around plants

— hoe verb

hoe·cake noun : a small cornmeal cake

hoe·down noun 1 : SQUARE DANCE

2 : a gathering featuring hoedowns

1hog noun, plural hogs also hog 1 : a domestic swine esp. when grown

2 : a selfish, gluttonous, or filthy person

2hog verb hogged; hog·ging : to take or hold selfishly

ho·gan noun : a Navajo Indian dwelling usu. made of logs and mud

hog·back noun : a ridge with a sharp summit and steep sides

hog·gish adjective : grossly selfish, gluttonous, or filthy

Synonyms

gluttonous, greedy, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, voracious—more at VORACIOUS

hog·nose snake or hog·nosed