hick
See also: Hick
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪk/
Audio (UK) (file) - Homophone: hic
- Rhymes: -ɪk
Etymology 1
From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).
Noun
hick (plural hicks)
- (derogatory) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]
Synonyms
- boer, boor
- country bumpkin
- churl
- hillbilly
- lob
- redneck
- rustic
- yokel
Translations
country yokel or hillbilly
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Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Verb
hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
- To hiccup.
Translations
hiccup — see hiccup
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Luxembourgish
Verb
hick
- second-person singular imperative of hicken