1. people from rural areas who are considered unsophisticated or lacking in cultural refinement
Usage: informal; often derogatory; plural of hick

Examples

• The city residents looked down on the visitors as hicks from the countryside.
• Don’t call them hicks just because they’re from a small town.
• The comedy show made jokes about hicks and their simple ways.
• She was tired of being treated like one of the hicks when she moved to the city.
• The movie portrayed rural people as backward hicks, which many found offensive.