different between oaf vs hick

English

Alternative forms

• auf

Etymology

From auf, Old Norse álfr (“elf”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål alv). Doublet of elf.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??f/
• (US) IPA^(key): /o?f/
• Rhymes: -??f

Noun

oaf (plural oafs or oaves)

1. (derogatory) A person, especially a large male, who is clumsy or a simpleton.

   Ouch! You dropped that box on my feet, you lumbering oaf!

2. (obsolete) An elf's child; a changeling left by fairies or goblins, hence, a deformed or foolish child.

Synonyms

• (clumsy or idiotic person): dummy, galoot, imbecile, lout, moron, fool

Derived terms

• oafish

Translations

References

Further reading

• oaf at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• FAO, Foa, OFA, fao, of a

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?k/
• Homophone: hic
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).

Noun

hick (plural hicks)

1. (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)

1. to hiccup

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Luxembourgish

Verb

hick

1. second-person singular imperative of hicken