hic
US/hɪk/
hic interjection: an approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.
Interjection
- An approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.
- "This wine - hic! - tasted good."
Noun capitalized: HIC
HIC (plural HICs)
- Initialism of high-income country.
- Near-synonym: developed country
- Synonyms:
- developed country
- Antonyms:
- LMIC, developing country
- Initialism of hybrid integrated circuit.
hic meaning in Vietnamese
hic in Vietnamese
- Translations
- hic, híc, hích, hix, hức
Synonyms of hic
Antonyms
Forms of hic
| plural | HICs |
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Origin of hic
Onomatopoeic.
Phrases with hic
Words that rhyme with hic
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- squick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- hick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about hic
- What does hic mean?
- Hic means an approximation to the sound of a hiccup, used e.g. to indicate drunkenness.
- What is hic in Vietnamese?
- Hic in Vietnamese is hic, híc, hích. See Hic meaning in Vietnamese.
- What part of speech is hic?
- Hic can be an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hic?
- Hic is pronounced /hɪk/ (US).
Words near hic in the dictionary
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