hick

See also Hick

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪk
• Homophone: hic

Etymology 1

from Hick, like Rick and Dick short for Richard. compare hillbilly

Noun

hick (plural hicks)

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

Synonyms

• boer, boor
• country bumpkin
• churl
• hillbilly
• lob
• rustic
• yokel

Translations

country yokel or hillbilly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 土包子 (cmn) (tǔbāozi), 鄉巴佬 (cmn), 乡巴佬 (cmn) (xiāngbalǎo)

• Czech: balík (cs) m
• Dutch: boerenkinkel m, boerenpummel m, boer m, boerenlul m
• Finnish: landepaukku (fi), maalaistollo (fi)
• French: plouc (fr) m and f
• German: Landei (de) n, Hinterwäldler (de) m

• Greek: χωριάτης (khoriatis) m, βλάχος (regional) m
• Indonesian: kampungan (id)
• Norwegian: bondsk (no)
• Portuguese: caipira (pt)
• Romanian: țărănoi (ro) m, țăran (ro) m
• Russian: деревенщина (ru) (derevenščina) m
• Spanish: paleto (es) m
• Swedish: bondläpp (sv)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeia.

Verb

hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)

1. to hiccup

Translations

hiccup — see hiccup

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967