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hitchcock

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hitchcock.

Editorial note

Still much worse cinematography and script-wise than older stuff, from Hitchcock and Capra to Pekinpah and Copolla.

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Alfred Hitchcock, English filmmaker

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hitchcock gathered in one view.

noun

Alfred Hitchcock, English filmmaker

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hitchcock.

noun

Alfred Hitchcock, English filmmaker

noun

A surname transferred from the given name.

noun

A number of places in the United States:

noun

An unincorporated community in Washington Township, Washington County, Indiana.

Example sentences

1

Still much worse cinematography and script-wise than older stuff, from Hitchcock and Capra to Pekinpah and Copolla.

2

Rear Window was set in Greenwich Village, though it was reportedly inspired by a stay by Hitchcock in a Jackson Heights garden apartment.

3

Run themes, have 80s week, or classic horror movie week, or Star Wars week, or Hitchcock week.

4

It's that same sort of fear that Hitchcock tapped into with The Birds.

5

If Alfred Hitchcock rose from the dead today and saw our current climate of remakes and benign comedies, he might enjoy them as novel.

6

I used to stay up and watch old reruns of Alfred Hitchcock Presents with my dad.

7

Hell, even with 50 years we'd be getting something -- the animation of the 40s, Hitchcock movies of the 50s, etc.

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I think something like Alfred Hitchcock Presents is very watchable today and I often do.

9

I have a feeling Alfred Hitchcock would've had a field day with this one...

10

Then again, I can't watch Hitchcock films - I can't stand contrived suspense.

11

But then I searched for Alfred Hitchcock and got some interesting results.

12

Or how Hitchcock had the ratings board watch his famous Psycho shower death scene a second time unchanged and get the thumbs-up when it didn't pass the first viewing.

Quote examples

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If your definition is "that which causes terror" then it is over-broad, including everything from chemical warfare to late night Alfred Hitchcock movies.

2

The kind that argues that Bioshock is as valuable a contribution to society as the works of Joyce or the movies of Hitchcock." Oh, I know you!

3

(OK, obviously anything Hitchcock is always going to be for sale, but you know what I mean.) Think about how wide the selection of Netflix discs was, essentially through what some people call a "loophole".

4

(If you've ever taken a film class you probably remember the prof talking about something that Hitchcock was doing in the film that had never been done before.) [1] From DO website: "DigitalOcean calls its virtual servers, droplets; each droplet that you spin up is a new virtual server for your personal use.

Proper noun examples

1

The only thing I remember is Robyn Hitchcock's cameo as an arms dealer, and even that was bad.

2

The kind that argues that Bioshock is as valuable a contribution to society as the works of Joyce or the movies of Hitchcock.

3

I think Hitchcock's 39 steps can count too, even if its not about a major figure.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hitchcock in a sentence?

Still much worse cinematography and script-wise than older stuff, from Hitchcock and Capra to Pekinpah and Copolla.

What does hitchcock mean?

Alfred Hitchcock, English filmmaker

What part of speech is hitchcock?

hitchcock is commonly used as noun.