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hick definition

hick (hik)

noun

Informal an awkward, unsophisticated person regarded as typical of rural areas; yokel; hayseed: a contemptuous term

Etymology: altered < Richard

adjective

Informal of or like a hick or hicks

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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