hick
/hɪk/
hick noun: an awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
Noun
hick (plural hicks)
- An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
- Synonyms:
- boor, country bumpkin, churl, hillbilly, lob, redneck, rustic, yokel, bogger, bogtrotter
Verb
hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
- To hiccup.
Proper noun capitalized: Hick
Hick (plural Hicks)
- A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
hick meaning in Tamil, Indonesian, Thai and Vietnamese
hick in Tamil
- நாட்டுப்புறத்தார்
hick in Indonesian
- country yokel or hillbilly
- kampungan
hick in Thai
- country yokel or hillbilly
- ตาสีตาสา dtaa-sǐi-dtaa-sǎa
hick in Vietnamese
- country yokel or hillbilly
- dân quê
Synonyms of hick
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Forms of hick
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hicks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hicks |
| present participle | hicking |
| past participle | hicked |
| past | hicked |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Hicks |
Origin of hick
From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).
Onomatopoeic.
Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
Words formed from hick
Words that rhyme with hick
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- nick
- flick
- sick
- unpick
- chick
- dick
- rick
- vic
- wick
- crick
- ick
- shtick
- snick
- squick
- stich
- strick
- unstick
- blick
- inwick
- klick
- mick
- outwick
- pic
- Roman brick
- shlick
- sic
- SLC
- spic
- thicc
- tic
- Vick
- yardstick
- cinematographic
- fic
- flic
- frick
- gick
- hard tick
- hic
- hysteric
- Laconophilic
- megalographic
- miskick
- nic
- rainstick
- restart kick
- schtik
- shift stick
Questions about hick
- What does hick mean?
- Hick means an awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
- What is hick in Tamil?
- Hick in Tamil is நாட்டுப்புறத்தார். See Hick meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hick?
- Hick can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce hick?
- Hick is pronounced /hɪk/.
- What is the plural of hick?
- The plural of hick is hicks.
Words near hick in the dictionary
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