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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