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- [hik]
- /hɪk/
- /hɪk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hik]
- /hɪk/
Definitions of hick word
- noun hick an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube. 1
- adjective hick pertaining to or characteristic of hicks: hick ideas. 1
- adjective hick located in a rural or culturally unsophisticated area: a hick town. 1
- noun hick A person who lives in the country, regarded as being unintelligent or provincial. 1
- noun hick simple country person 1
- adjective hick rural and unsophisticated 1
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Origin of hick
First appearance:
before 1555 One of the 31% oldest English words
1555-65; after Hick, familiar form of Richard
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Parts of speech for Hick
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hick popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hick usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hick
noun hick
- rube — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- bumpkin — If you refer to someone as a bumpkin, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside.
- boor — If you refer to someone as a boor, you think their behaviour and attitudes are rough, uneducated, and rude.
- farmer — Fannie (Merritt) [mer-it] /ˈmɛr ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1857–1915, U.S. authority on cooking.
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