plural hicks
US, informal + disapproving
: an uneducated person from a small town or the country
We felt like a bunch of hicks when we went to the city for the first time.
—often used before another nouna hick town [=a town where the people are hicks]
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“Hick.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/hick. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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