to slight - to ignore. Hi there. Is this verb used as to ignore in spoken English? Could you provide some examples, please?

sounded like a hick. Hi, could please tell me what does a hick mean here. The whole sentence: I've never been near someone famous, she whispered to Ethan, knowing that she sounded like a hick but not minding.

spiky writer Hi. What does this phrase mean? The whole sentence is: During that first hour, books were discussed, mostly ones written by spiky and disaffected European writers.

waifish (about a girl) Is this word used in Spoken English?

beat sb to it Hi. Is this phrase used in spoken English? For example, 'I was just about to open some wine but I see you've beaten me to it.'

be with child/ were you born in a barn? Hi. I would like to know if these phrases are used in spoken English.

I bags first bath? Hi. I found this phrase in the book: `I bags first bath.` I looked up in the dictionary: bags I Brit and Austral an indication of the desire to do, be, or have something Can you please provide more examples?

roaring drunk Hi. Is this phrase used nowadays?

as if? Hello. What does this phrase mean in this sentence: ‘Don’t forget to walk Norman. But don’t go round near the offlicence.’ ‘As if.’ ‘And don’t spend the whole evening on the computer.’