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Hitchcock

UK/ˈhɪt͡ʃˌkɒk/US/ˈhɪt͡ʃˌkɑk/

Hitchcock proper noun: a surname transferred from the given name.

Proper noun

Hitchcock (countable and uncountable, plural Hitchcocks)

  1. A surname transferred from the given name.
    • Alfred Hitchcock, English filmmaker
  2. An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana.
  3. A town in Beadle County, South Dakota.
  4. A town in Blaine County, Oklahoma.
  5. A city in Galveston County, Texas.

Forms of Hitchcock

pluralHitchcocks
alternative formHiscock

Origin of Hitchcock

From Hitch + -cock as a medieval male diminutive suffix.

Words formed from Hitchcock

Questions about Hitchcock

What does Hitchcock mean?
Hitchcock means a surname transferred from the given name.
What part of speech is Hitchcock?
Hitchcock is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Hitchcock?
Hitchcock is pronounced /ˈhɪt͡ʃˌkɒk/ (UK).

Words near Hitchcock in the dictionary

  1. hitch-hiker
  2. hitch-hikers
  3. hitch-hikes
  4. hitch-hiking
  5. Hitcham
  6. Hitchcock
  7. Hitchcock County
  8. Hitchcockesque
  9. Hitchcockian
  10. Hitchcocks
  11. Hitchcott

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hitchcock (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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