Definitions

1. noun

A person who raises or trains horses for riding, especially a person in charge of a team of horses

“The coachman was a skilled hitchcock, able to handle even the most stubborn of horses.”

2. proper noun

Alfred Hitchcock, a British film director, or Edward Hitchcock, an American physician and naturalist

“Alfred Hitchcock is famous for directing horror movies like Psycho and The Birds.”

3. verb

to attach or secure something, especially a rope or chain, to a vehicle or another object

“We had to hitchcock the trailer to the car before we could drive it.”

4. verb

to secure or fasten something, especially a rope or chain, to a vehicle or another object

“The farmer hitchcocked the fence to the post to keep the cattle from escaping.”