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hickock

hickock noun: a hiccup.

Noun

hickock (plural hickocks)

  1. A hiccup.

Forms of hickock

pluralhickocks
alternative formhickock
alternative formhichcock

Origin of hickock

From a reduplicated variant of hic, hick (“to hiccup”), formed as a quasi-diminutive as though equivalent to hick + -ock.

Questions about hickock

What does hickock mean?
Hickock means a hiccup.
What part of speech is hickock?
Hickock is a noun.
What is the plural of hickock?
The plural of hickock is hickocks.

Words near hickock in the dictionary

  1. Hickman line
  2. Hickman lines
  3. Hickmans
  4. Hickmon
  5. Hickmons
  6. hickock
  7. hickocks
  8. Hickok
  9. Hickoks
  10. hickories
  11. hickory

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