hick

[ hik ]
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noun
  1. an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.

adjective
  1. pertaining to or characteristic of hicks: hick ideas.

  2. located in a rural or culturally unsophisticated area: a hick town.

Origin of hick

1
1555–65; after Hick, familiar form of Richard

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British Dictionary definitions for hick

hick

/ (hɪk) /


noun
  1. informal

    • a country person; bumpkin

    • (as modifier): hick ideas

Origin of hick

1
C16: after Hick, familiar form of Richard

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