Hick
noun
An uneducated or naive person from the countryside.
He is often mocked by his cosmopolitan colleagues for being a hick from a small town.
Often appears as...
- hick town
- hick farmer
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
adjective
Relating to, or typical of, uneducated or naive people from the countryside.
The hick lifestyle was a huge culture shock for him.
Often appears as...
- hick accent
- hick culture
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
noun
An uneducated or naive person from the countryside.
He is often mocked by his cosmopolitan colleagues for being a hick from a small town.
Often appears as...
- hick town
- hick farmer
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
adjective
Relating to, or typical of, uneducated or naive people from the countryside.
The hick lifestyle was a huge culture shock for him.
Often appears as...
- hick accent
- hick culture
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Slightly pejorative
Can be derogatory, suggesting a lack of sophistication or worldliness.
His city friends sometimes called him a hick jokingly.
Pro Tip 2/3Country association
Used for people from rural areas, often by those from cities.
She felt out of place in the hick town she grew up in.
Pro Tip 3/3Used in humor
Sometimes used affectionately or humorously among friends.
As a hick myself, I know how to handle farm animals.
Pro Tip 1/3Slightly pejorative
Can be derogatory, suggesting a lack of sophistication or worldliness.
His city friends sometimes called him a hick jokingly.
Pro Tip 2/3Country association
Used for people from rural areas, often by those from cities.
She felt out of place in the hick town she grew up in.
Pro Tip 3/3Used in humor
Sometimes used affectionately or humorously among friends.
As a hick myself, I know how to handle farm animals.
Pro Tip 1/3Slightly pejorative
Can be derogatory, suggesting a lack of sophistication or worldliness.
His city friends sometimes called him a hick jokingly.
Pro Tip 2/3Country association
Used for people from rural areas, often by those from cities.
She felt out of place in the hick town she grew up in.
Pro Tip 3/3Used in humor
Sometimes used affectionately or humorously among friends.
As a hick myself, I know how to handle farm animals.
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Video examples
Shea Hembrey: How I...
an hour from the nearest movie theater. And I think it was a great place to grow up as an artist because I grew up around quirky, colorful characters who were great at making with their hands. And my childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you,
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Keep on Trucking PIPE Live...
we go up the damara and take a look at that when you see if you might be interested that cuz I've got more of the Hicks and I need you know yeah this might be just what you're
Video examples
Shea Hembrey: How I...
an hour from the nearest movie theater. And I think it was a great place to grow up as an artist because I grew up around quirky, colorful characters who were great at making with their hands. And my childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you,
Video examples
Keep on Trucking PIPE Live...
we go up the damara and take a look at that when you see if you might be interested that cuz I've got more of the Hicks and I need you know yeah this might be just what you're
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Quote examples
Brad Paisley
American Musician
It's a very smart, progressive bunch, these people that make country music. They're not country hicks sitting behind a desk with a big cigar giving out record deals and driving round in Cadillacs with cattle horns on the front grille: it's a bunch of really wonderful, open-minded, great people down on Music Row that make this music.
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Romeo Santos
American Musician
My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.
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Phil Everly
American Musician
When we first started recording, it was before rock, so people thought we were hillbilly hicks. That was something we had to deal with; the girls didn't think we were cool, although they did a few years later. We had ducktails and wore peg-leg pants. We looked like rock n' rollers.
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Shea Hembrey
American Artist
My childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you, and also more intellectual than you would ever expect. For instance, me and my sister, when we were little, we would compete to see who could eat the most squirrel brains.
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Angie Harmon
American Model
I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.
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Troy Aikman
American Athlete
They portray me as a hick just because I enjoy some of the things people in Oklahoma like. I think people expect me to come out wearing my boots and spurs.
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Mark Francois
British Politician
Some people write me off as a bit of a hick from an Essex council estate. I realize that. But I can read.
Quote examples
Brad Paisley
American Musician
It's a very smart, progressive bunch, these people that make country music. They're not country hicks sitting behind a desk with a big cigar giving out record deals and driving round in Cadillacs with cattle horns on the front grille: it's a bunch of really wonderful, open-minded, great people down on Music Row that make this music.
Quote examples
Romeo Santos
American Musician
My dad is Dominican, my mother's Puerto Rican, and I got into bachata at the age of 10 or 11. When I started listening, it had a reputation for being music for hick people. I thought that had to be changed. I was born and raised in the Bronx, and I knew you make something cool if you're cool.
Quote examples
Phil Everly
American Musician
When we first started recording, it was before rock, so people thought we were hillbilly hicks. That was something we had to deal with; the girls didn't think we were cool, although they did a few years later. We had ducktails and wore peg-leg pants. We looked like rock n' rollers.
Quote examples
Shea Hembrey
American Artist
My childhood is more hick than I could ever possibly relate to you, and also more intellectual than you would ever expect. For instance, me and my sister, when we were little, we would compete to see who could eat the most squirrel brains.
Quote examples
Angie Harmon
American Model
I might not understand everything a Democrat or liberal thinks but hey let's be honest, I don't understand some of the things the Republicans think, but that doesn't make me some dumb hick that doesn't have the right to live here.
Quote examples
Troy Aikman
American Athlete
They portray me as a hick just because I enjoy some of the things people in Oklahoma like. I think people expect me to come out wearing my boots and spurs.
Quote examples
Mark Francois
British Politician
Some people write me off as a bit of a hick from an Essex council estate. I realize that. But I can read.
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