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¹hick

noun \ˈhik\

: an uneducated person from a small town or the country

Full Definition of HICK

: an unsophisticated provincial person

— hick·ish \ˈhi-kish\ adjective

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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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