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hick
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /h?k/
- Homophone: hic
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology 1
From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).
Noun
hick (plural hicks)
- (derogatory) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]
Synonyms
- boer, boor
- country bumpkin
- churl
- hillbilly
- lob
- redneck
- rustic
- yokel
Translations
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
- to hiccup
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Luxembourgish
Verb
hick
- second-person singular imperative of hicken
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cocky
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General New Zealand) IPA(key): /?k?ki/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?ki/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?k?ki/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Etymology 1
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +? -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense of ‘having the quality of’).
Adjective
cocky (comparative cockier, superlative cockiest)
- Overly confident; arrogant and boastful.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:arrogant
Alternative forms
- cockey
- cockie (rare)
Translations
Etymology 2
From cock (“male domestic chicken”) +? -y (diminutive suffix).
Noun
cocky (plural cockies)
- (chiefly Britain, Ireland, colloquial, dated) Used as a term of endearment, originally for a person of either sex, but later primarily for a man.
Alternative forms
- cockey
- cockie
Translations
Etymology 3
The noun is derived from cock(atoo) +? -y (diminutive suffix). The verb is derived from the noun.
Noun
cocky (plural cockies) (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal)
- A (familiar name for a) cockatoo.
- (also attributively) Short for cockatoo farmer (“small-scale farmer”); (by extension) any farmer or owner of rural land.
- Synonyms: cockatoo, crofter
Usage notes
In New Zealand, cocky (sense 2) is often synonymous with sheep cocky (“a sheep farmer”), due to the relative importance of the industry.
Alternative forms
- cockey
- cockie
Derived terms
Verb
cocky (third-person singular simple present cockies, present participle cockying, simple past and past participle cockied)
- (intransitive, chiefly Australia, informal, historical) To operate a small-scale farm.
- Synonym: cockatoo
Alternative forms
- cockey
Translations
References
cocky From the web:
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