English Explanatory Dictionary

hick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
verb
  1. To hiccup.
name
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Pronunciation

/hɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hick.wav

Word forms

hick hicks hicking hicked

Etymology

From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).

Synonyms

boor country bumpkin churl hillbilly lob redneck rustic yokel bogger bogtrotter bucolic bydlo culchie carl corncob cornhusker country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hick hob hobnail hog-rubber honyock hunk promdi provincial rube woolly back Hicks Hickson Higgs Dick Rich Richard Rick

Related words

Dickson Dix Dixon Richard Richards Richardson

Derived words

hick-hop hickish hicklike hickock hickster Hicksville hixploitation hick Hicks Hickson Higgs
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