"Hicks" meaning in English

See Hicks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /hɪks/ Forms: Hickses [plural], Higgs [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪks Etymology: Etymology tree English Hick English -s English Hicks From Hick + -s. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Hick|-s<id:patronymic>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Hick English -s English Hicks From 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, Mount Hicks
    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 referencing etymons with mismatched IDs, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -s, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing etymons with mismatched IDs: 7 64 23 5 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 8 63 24 5 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 8 60 24 7 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 8 60 24 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 71 19 3 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 9 44 37 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 10 58 25 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 68 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 70 20 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 11 56 24 9
  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 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -s Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -s: 9 44 37 10

Proper name

IPA: /hɪks/ Forms: Higgs [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪks Etymology: Etymology tree English Hick English -s English Hicks From Hick + -s. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|Hick|-s<id:patronymic>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English Hick English -s English Hicks From 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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