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1hick

noun \ˈhik\

Definition of HICK

: an unsophisticated provincial person
— hick·ish \ˈhi-kish\ adjective
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Examples of HICK

  1. We felt like a bunch of hicks when we went to the city for the first time.
  2. <city dwellers who looked down on their cousins from northern Maine as hicks>

Origin of HICK

Hick, nickname for Richard
First Known Use: 1669

Related to HICK

Synonyms
bumpkin, chawbacon, churl, clodhopper, cornball, countryman, hayseed, hillbilly, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel
Antonyms
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, sophisticate

Rhymes with HICK

brick, chick, click, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick

2hick

adjective

Definition of HICK

: unsophisticated, provincial <a hick town>

First Known Use of HICK

1913

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