Definitions for hickhɪk
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hickhɪk(n.)
an unsophisticated, provincial person; rube.
(adj.)unsophisticated or provincial:
hick ideas; a hick town.
Origin of hick:
1555–65; after Hick, familiar form of Richard
Princeton's WordNet
yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon(adj)
a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated(adj)
awkwardly simple and provincial
"bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
hick(noun)ɪk
sb from the country who seems unsophisticated
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