noun
- a person from a rural area who is considered unsophisticated or lacking in worldly knowledge
Usage: informal; often derogatory
Examples
- The city kids made fun of him for being a hick from the countryside.
- She felt like a hick when she first moved to the big city.
- Don’t call him a hick just because he’s from a small town.
- The movie portrayed rural people as simple hicks.
- He may seem like a hick, but he’s actually quite intelligent.
- The tourists were treated like hicks by the sophisticated locals.