hick adj : awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, rustic, unsophisticated] n : not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon]

see Hick

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪk

Homophones

hic

Etymology 1

from Hick, like Rick and Dick short for Richard

compare hillbilly

Noun

1. An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person

Synonyms

• boer, boor
• churl
• hillbilly
• rustic
• yokel

Translations

Etymology 2

sound-imitating

Verb

hick (hicked)

1. to hiccup

Translations

• Dutch: hikken

References

Hick may refer to:

• Hick, a term to refer to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people(also known as Logan Dodd)

Surname

• Benjamin Hick, (1790-1842), a mechanical engineer
• Graeme Hick, (born 1966), an English cricketer
• John Hick, (born 1922), a philosopher of religion and theologian
• Pentland Hick (born 1919), a British entrepreneur, author, and publisher
• W. E. Hick, (1912-1974), a British psychologist
• Justin Sindelar

Nickname

• Hick Cady, (1886-1946), a baseball player
• Hick Carpenter, (1855-1937), a baseball player

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