"Hicks" meaning in English

See Hicks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /hɪks/ Forms: Hickses [plural], Higgs [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪks Etymology: From Hick + -s. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Hick|-s|id2=patronymic}} Hick + -s Head templates: {{en-prop|~}} Hicks (countable and uncountable, plural Hickses)
  1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Hick, Hickson, Higgs Derived forms: Braxton Hicks contraction, Hicksian, Hicksville, Kaldor-Hicks criterion, Kaldor-Hicks efficiency, Kaldor-Hicks efficient, Kaldor-Hicks improvement
    Sense id: en-Hicks-en-name-T6~bKkl1 Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A placename:
    An unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Louisiana, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Louisiana, USA
    Sense id: en-Hicks-en-name-5~joT~RH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -s (patronymic), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 66 25 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s (patronymic): 13 51 29 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 67 22 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 69 21 3
  3. A placename:
    An unincorporated community in Warren County, Ohio, United States.
    Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Places in Ohio, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in Ohio, USA
    Sense id: en-Hicks-en-name-9I4IWohm

Proper name

IPA: /hɪks/ Forms: Higgs [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪks Etymology: From Hick + -s. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Hick|-s|id2=patronymic}} Hick + -s Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun form}} Hicks
  1. plural of Hick Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Hick
    Sense id: en-Hicks-en-name-aKnSYzlM

Inflected forms

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