hick

1 of 2

noun

: an unsophisticated provincial person
hickish adjective

hick

2 of 2

adjective

: unsophisticated, provincial
a hick town

Examples of hick in a Sentence

Noun We felt like a bunch of hicks when we went to the city for the first time. city dwellers who looked down on their cousins from northern Maine as hicks
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In first grade, when a teacher called him a hick, Ciotti threw an inkwell at her. D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024 In the special, taped at Brad Garrett’s Comedy Club at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV, Kober brings audiences together with stories about dealing with hometown hicks, unforgiving fruit flies and California candy cartels. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 June 2024
Adjective
One is a sick herb; the other is a hick Serb. Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2021 Rimac moved to Germany at age 2 and then to an independent Croatia in his early teens, where he was teased for his hick Bosnian accent. Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2021 See all Example Sentences for hick 

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Hick, nickname for Richard

First Known Use

Noun

1669, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of hick was in 1669

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Cite this Entry

“Hick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hick. Accessed 16 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

hick

noun
ˈhik
: an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country

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