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hick
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hick
(noun)
hick
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ˈ
hɪk/
noun
plural
hicks
hick
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ˈ
hɪk/
noun
plural
hicks
Britannica Dictionary definition of HICK
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US, informal + disapproving
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an uneducated person from a small town or the country
We felt like a bunch of
hicks
when we went to the city for the first time.
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often used before another noun
a
hick
town [=a town where the people are hicks]
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