hick

[ hik ]

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.

hick

/ hɪk /

noun

1. informal.
   1. a country person; bumpkin
   2. ( as modifier )

      hick ideas

Word History and Origins

Origin of hick¹

1555–65; after Hick, familiar form of Richard

Word History and Origins

Origin of hick¹

C16: after Hick, familiar form of Richard

Example Sentences

But I was a hick from the north of England.

From Los Angeles Times

To find out how the other India lived, JS spent a few days in a dusty hick town in central India.

From BBC

“That office is not some small backwoods country hick organization that fumbles the ball and doesn’t know how to do its job.”

From Seattle Times

Mr. Lightfoot, who once called himself a “cosmopolitan hick,” had a shyness that could leave people wanting more.

From Washington Post

Senate run the following year, Springer referenced a quote by then National Review commentator Jonah Goldberg, who warned of new people brought to the polls by Springer, including “slack-jawed yokels, hicks, weirdos, pervs and whatnots.”

From Seattle Times