Hicks

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Hicks

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Alternative forms

• Higgs

Etymology

From Hick +‎ -s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪks/
• Homophone: hicks
• Rhymes: -ɪks

Proper noun

Hicks (countable and uncountable, plural Hickses)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard.
   • 2020 July 13, Michael Warren, Jeremy Diamond, Ryan Nobles and Fredreka Schouten, “Amid rising coronavirus cases, the Trump campaign struggles to get its rally machine going”, in CNN‎:

     Hope Hicks, one of the President’s longest-serving aides, warned Parscale against touting ticket request numbers, reminding him that the number one rule in politics is not to overpromise and underdeliver, a source familiar with the matter said.

2. A placename:
   1. An unincorporated community in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Ohio, United States.

Synonyms

• Hick
• Hickson
• Higgs

Derived terms

• Braxton Hicks contraction
• Hicksian
• Hicksville
• Kaldor-Hicks criterion
• Kaldor-Hicks efficiency
• Kaldor-Hicks efficient
• Kaldor-Hicks improvement

Proper noun

Hicks

1. plural of Hick

Anagrams

• Shick