hick

American  

[hik] / hɪk /

noun

1. an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube.

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adjective

1. pertaining to or characteristic of hicks.

   hick ideas.

2. located in a rural or culturally unsophisticated area.

   a hick town.

hick British  

/ hɪk /

noun

1. informal

   1. a country person; bumpkin

   2. ( as modifier )

      hick ideas

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Etymology

Origin of hick

1555–65; after Hick, familiar form of Richard

Example Sentences

His latest special, “Trash Daddy” — released on YouTube via comedy platform 800 Pound Gorilla — swerves among jokes about politics, family and living life as a hick from the sticks while trying to raise California-bred children.

From Los Angeles Times

But I was a hick from the north of England.

From Los Angeles Times

To find out how the other India lived, JS spent a few days in a dusty hick town in central India.

From BBC

Mr. Lightfoot, who once called himself a “cosmopolitan hick,” had a shyness that could leave people wanting more.

From Washington Post

“Jay,” an insulting slang term similar to “hick” or “rube,” was commonly used in the phrase “jay-driver,” which denoted errant drivers of horse-drawn carriages and motorized cars.

From New York Times