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HICK
bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated
(adjective) awkwardly simple and provincial; “bumpkinly country boys”; “rustic farmers”; “a hick town”; “the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists”
yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
(noun) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Proper noun
Hick
(rare today) A diminutive of the male given name Richard
A patronymic surname.
Etymology 1
Noun
hick (plural hicks)
(pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]
Synonyms
• boer, boor
• country bumpkin
• churl
• hillbilly
• lob
• redneck
• rustic
• yokel
Etymology 2
Verb
hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
to hiccup
Source: Wiktionary
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