Other forms: hicks
Hick is American slang for an unsophisticated country dweller. A bunch of hicks, a hick town, call him a hick.
It is an insult and a class one, aimed by townspeople at country people, and it works as an adjective too — a hick town is small and dull. It began as a pet form of the name Richard, which was once so common in the country that it stood for country people.
1nounhickAn unsophisticated country dweller.
“When I moved to the city, my classmates treated me like a hick from the country.”
hick is an insult.
From Hick, an old pet form of Richard, a name so common among country people that it came to stand for them.
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From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA