Definizione di hick
parola: plural hicks
sostantivo numerabile [oft NOUN noun]
If you refer to someone as a hick, you are saying in a rude way that you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside.
[informal, disapproval]
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hick in British English
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Parola origine hick
C16: after Hick, familiar form of RichardFrequenza
hick in American English
sostantivo
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Parola origine hick
altered < Richard1Frequenza
hick in American English
(hɪk)
sostantivo
1.
an unsophisticated, boorish, and provincial person; rube
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