Meanings
hick1
hick2
verbhick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)
present singular third person hicks · participle present hicking · participle past hicked · past hicked
- To hiccup.
Hick3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
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adjectiveawkwardly simple and provincial
nouna person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
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Origin
Hick · proper noun
Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian селяндур
- селяндур (seljandur)country yokel or hillbilly
Catalan taujà
- taujàcountry yokel or hillbilly
Chinese Mandarin 土包子, 鄉巴佬 /乡巴佬
- 土包子 (tǔbāozi)country yokel or hillbilly
- 鄉巴佬 /乡巴佬 (xiāngbalǎo)country yokel or hillbilly
Czech balík
- balíkcountry yokel or hillbilly
Dutch boerenkinkel, boerenpummel
- boerenkinkelcountry yokel or hillbilly
- boerenpummelcountry yokel or hillbilly
- boercountry yokel or hillbilly
- boerenlulcountry yokel or hillbilly
Esperanto kamparanaĉo
- kamparanaĉocountry yokel or hillbilly
Finnish landepaukku, maalaistollo
- landepaukkucountry yokel or hillbilly
- maalaistollocountry yokel or hillbilly
French plouc
- plouccountry yokel or hillbilly
German Landei, Hinterwäldler
- Landeicountry yokel or hillbilly
- Hinterwäldlercountry yokel or hillbilly
Greek χωριάτης, βλάχος
- χωριάτης (choriátis)country yokel or hillbilly
- βλάχος (vláchos)country yokel or hillbilly
Hungarian bunkó, sutyerák
- bunkócountry yokel or hillbilly
- sutyerákcountry yokel or hillbilly
Indonesian kampungan
- kampungancountry yokel or hillbilly
Irish cábóg, tútachán
- cábógcountry yokel or hillbilly
- tútacháncountry yokel or hillbilly
Italian buzzurro
- buzzurrocountry yokel or hillbilly
Japanese いなかもん
- いなかもん (inakamon)country yokel or hillbilly
Korean 시골뜨기
- 시골뜨기 (sigoltteugi)country yokel or hillbilly
Latin petrō
- petrōcountry yokel or hillbilly
Norwegian bondsk
- bondskcountry yokel or hillbilly
Polish prostak
- prostakcountry yokel or hillbilly
Portuguese caipira, labrego
- caipiracountry yokel or hillbilly
- labregocountry yokel or hillbilly
- saloiocountry yokel or hillbilly
Romanian țărănoi, țăran
- țărănoicountry yokel or hillbilly
- țărancountry yokel or hillbilly
Russian дереве́нщина
- дереве́нщина (derevénščina)country yokel or hillbilly
Spanish paleto, palurdo
- paletocountry yokel or hillbilly
- palurdocountry yokel or hillbilly
- gueishpocountry yokel or hillbilly
Swedish bondläpp
- bondläppcountry yokel or hillbilly
Thai ตาสีตาสา
- ตาสีตาสา (dtaa-sǐi-dtaa-sǎa)country yokel or hillbilly
Vietnamese dân quê
- dân quêcountry yokel or hillbilly
Welsh gwladwr
- gwladwrcountry yokel or hillbilly
Yiddish קליינשטעטלדיקער, קליינשטעטלדיקע
- קליינשטעטלדיקער (kleynshtetldiker)country yokel or hillbilly
- קליינשטעטלדיקע (kleynshtetldike)country yokel or hillbilly
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hick
clickquickpickcreekpicsticktechniquenicksickthickrickkickvicchicksicticknicslickflickticficwickSikhclique
All rhymes →Sounds the same
Cite this entry
APA
hick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hick
MLA
“hick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hick. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hick.
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