Adjective: hick hik
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- Awkwardly simple and provincial
"a hick town";
- bumpkinly [informal], rustic, unsophisticated, desi [Asia], cornpone [US, informal]
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
"The city slickers mistakenly assumed the farmer was just a hick";
- yokel, rube [N. Amer, informal], yahoo, hayseed [N. Amer], bumpkin, chawbacon [archaic]
Derived forms: hicks
See also: provincial
Type of: rustic
Encyclopedia: Hick, Hargreaves & Co