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Associations to the word «Hicks»

Wiktionary

HICK, noun. (pejorative) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person.
HICK, verb. To hiccup
HICK, proper noun. (rare today) A diminutive of the   male given name Richard
HICK, proper noun. A patronymic surname​.

Dictionary definition

HICK, noun. A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
HICK, adjective. Awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats