Hancock

[ han-kok ]

noun

1. Herbert Jeffrey Herbie, born 1940, U.S. jazz pianist and composer.
2. John. John Hancock ( def 1 ).
3. Winfield Scott, 1824–86, Union general in the Civil War.

Hancock

/ ˈhænkɒk /

noun

1. HancockAnthony John19241968MBritishTHEATRE: comedian Anthony John, known as Tony. 1924–68, British comedian, noted for his radio series Hancock's Half Hour
2. HancockJohn17371793MUSPOLITICS: statesman John. 1737–93, American statesman; first signatory of the Declaration of Independence

Example Sentences

When Hancock watches the mosquito’s body, segmented a bit like a string of alphabet-block beads, he can see two segments scrunching inward “accordion-like,” as if squirting fluid forward as the head shoots out.

From Science News

The two men became the leaders of resistance to Britain’s tax policies, and when they fled British troops searching for them in Lexington, Hancock crammed the family fortune into a carriage to invest in the revolution.

From Time

After completing Harvard, young Hancock learned the whale oil exporting business, at 26 taking over the firm and diversifying it by creating a network of stores and ships that made him even wealthier.

From Time

It is possible that if a child lived in the boundaries for Hancock Elementary – but Hancock were full – the district could assign the child to a different school.

From Voice of San Diego

No, not Herbie Hancock, people always really knew about Herbie Hancock.

From The Daily Beast

To accompany this fine duo, we order sausage made in Hancock, just the other side of the Keweenaw Waterway.

From The Daily Beast

“It was a flogging or worse if you even carried a match into the mine,” one of the French laborers had told Walker Hancock.

From The Daily Beast

Both films, as it turns out, are directed by John Lee Hancock.

From The Daily Beast

More recently in 2008, Will Smith starred as the original superhero Hancock.

From The Daily Beast

John Hancock elected president of congress; he succeeded Peyton Randolph in that office.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Hancock, discreetly holding his peace, attended to his many thriving and very profitable business ventures.

From Project Gutenberg

(p. 171) Hancock and French, unable to find any shelter, are driven back upon the town.

From Project Gutenberg

On the 10th a sloop belonging to Hancock, a merchant of Boston, arrived in the harbour laden with wine from Madeira.

From Project Gutenberg

The ground by Wentz's house is higher than the ridge, where Hancock had established his head-quarters.

From Project Gutenberg