hick

«hick» in Mova's school dictionary: An insulting word for someone from the countryside… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) (US, informal, rude) An insulting word for someone from the countryside, suggesting they are simple and old-fashioned. tree →

2) (adjective, informal) Small, rural and old-fashioned: a hick town. tree →

3) A short sound like a hiccup. tree →

sense 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 →
• They grew up in a small hick town in Kansas. tree →
• «Don't call people hicks,» said the teacher. tree →
• In the film, the «hick» farmer turned out to be the cleverest character. tree →
• Hick! went my little sister when she had hiccups. tree →

note

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

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «hick» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.