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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

hick Usage Examples

Converse of object

have: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 Bush Was Right...and he has fat right-wing redneck hicks with guitars to prove it.

Adjective modifier

dumb: He's not going to tell an Irish journalist that he thinks we're all dumb hicks.

Modifies a noun

  • town: POLLIDORI: What happened to our dream about getting out of this place - getting away from this hick town?
  • contraction: While she was here, I told her that I'd been having braxton hicks contractions.

Noun used with modifier

  • braxton: But I'm not feeling any contractions, nor have I ever felt braxton hicks or anything.
  • country: He was getting just a trifle fed up with appearing like a country hick.
  • backwoods: It is also worth noting that John Washington Butler, the author of the Act, was far from being a narrow-minded backwoods hick.
  • redneck: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 Bush Was Right...and he has fat right-wing redneck hicks with guitars to prove it.