hick
pronunciation
How to pronounce hick in British English:
UK [hɪk]
How to pronounce hick in American English:
US [hɪk]
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- Noun:
- not very intelligent or interested in culture
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- Adjective:
- awkwardly simple and provincial
Word Origin
- hick (n.)
- late 14c. as a pet form of masc. proper name Richard. Meaning "awkward provincial person" was established by 1700 (see rube); earlier it was the characteristic name of a hosteler, hackneyman, etc. (late 14c.), perhaps via alliteration. The adjective is recorded by 1914.A hick town is one where there is no place to go where you shouldn't be. [attributed to U.S. humorist Robert Quillen (1887-1948)]
Example
- 1. He 's not your son , you deluded hick !
- 2. She put on her hick southern drawl she used to wind up my dad .
- 3. He threw the first hick 10m high splitting his uvulitis .
- 4. I was just a hick from texas then .
- 5. Just so that you can save your little hick friend over here .