hickock

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noun

A hiccup.

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Meanings

hickock1

nounhickock (plural hickocks)

plural hickocks · alternative hichcock

  1. A hiccup.

Hickock2

proper nounHickock (plural Hickocks)

plural Hickocks

  1. A surname.
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    Smith hears Nancy's protests - "Don't ... no, please don't." - when Hickock menaces her with "You ever had a man?" Finding Hickock rubbing her thigh as she whimpers in fear, Smith confronts him about his intentions, and Hickock says, "First, I'm going to bust that little girl." Smith tells him no, but Hickock replies, "What do you care? You can bust her too."

    2014, Tison Pugh, Truman Capote: A Literary Life at the Movies, page 127

Origin

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

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APA

hickock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hickock

MLA

“hickock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hickock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hickock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hickock.

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