Higgins
[hig-inz] /ˈhɪg ɪnz/
noun
1.
George V. 1939–99, U.S. novelist.
/ˈhɪɡɪnz/
noun
1.
Alex, known as Hurricane Higgins. 1949–2010, Northern Irish snooker player: world champion (1972, 1982)
2.
Jack, real name Harry Patterson. born 1929, British novelist; his thrillers include The Eagle Has Landed (1975), Confessional (1985), and Midnight Runner (2002)
Read Also:
- Higginson
[hig-in-suh n] /ˈhɪg ɪn sən/ noun 1. Thomas Wentworth Storrow [stor-oh] /ˈstɒr oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–1911, U.S. clergyman, author, and social reformer.
- Higgle
[hig-uh l] /ˈhɪg əl/ verb (used without object), higgled, higgling. 1. to bargain, especially in a petty way; haggle. /ˈhɪɡəl/ verb 1. a less common word for haggle
- Higgledy-piggledy
[hig-uh l-dee-pig-uh l-dee] /ˈhɪg əl diˈpɪg əl di/ adverb 1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter. adjective 2. confused; jumbled. /ˈhɪɡəldɪˈpɪɡəldɪ/ adjective, adverb 1. in a jumble noun 2. a muddle “confusedly, hurriedly,” 1590s, a “vocal gesture” [OED] probably formed from pig and the animal’s suggestions of mess and disorder. Reduplications in the […]
- Higgler
[hig-ler] /ˈhɪg lər/ noun 1. a peddler or huckster.
- Higgs-boson
[higz] /hɪgz/ noun, Physics. 1. a hypothetical type of heavy, electrically neutral particle with zero spin. /hɪɡz/ noun 1. (physics) an elementary particle with zero spin and mass greater than zero, predicted to exist by electroweak theory and other gauge theories Also called (informal) God particle noun See God particle Higgs boson (hĭgz) A hypothetical, […]