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# hick

noun (a hick, hicks); adjective (hick)

«hick» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (US, informal, rude) An insulting word for someone from the countryside, suggesting they are simple and old-fashioned. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#m1)
2. (adjective, informal) Small, rural and old-fashioned: a hick town. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#m2)
3. A short sound like a hiccup. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#m3)

### In the lessons

In American stories and films «hick» is used by snobbish characters to look down on country people. In kindness lessons it is an example of a word that mocks people for where they live. Phrases: a hick town, country hick.

### Examples

- The city kids unkindly called him a hick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#x1)
- They grew up in a small hick town in Kansas. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#x2)
- «Don't call people hicks,» said the teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#x3)
- In the film, the «hick» farmer turned out to be the cleverest character. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#x4)
- Hick! went my little sister when she had hiccups. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/#x5)

### Note

Informal and insulting; mainly American. Similar unkind words: yokel, bumpkin, redneck. Using it about a real person is rude.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hick.html) on Mova free.