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US
/ˈhɪk/
]
[ UK /hˈɪk/ ]
[ UK /hˈɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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awkwardly simple and provincial
bumpkinly country boys
rustic farmers
the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists
a hick town
NOUN
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
How To Use hick In A Sentence
- Serve the chicken with salads and chips or potatoes. Times, Sunday Times
- The air had grown thick and smoky.
- FK - pressure-cook would be the best way, but you could try boiling it with plenty of water so that it becomes really mushy, then blend it in a mixer to make a thick soup. or you could use a regular slow-cooker that you get in the US, except that it would be a bit time-consuming: Gujarati Dal (Healthy Lentil Soup)
- But for the watermark, the thickness of the paper and the missing security thread, the note, reportedly obtained from a private bank, looked like genuine currency for all practical purposes.
- The language is out of condition: -- fat and fozy, thick-winded, purfled and plethoric. Famous Reviews
- The near-constant depth of the abyssal sea floor indicates that the lithosphere thickens to roughly 100 km in 70 million years, but then ceases to grow.
- This being Los Angeles, and me being a hick from the sticks, I was only a few feet away from asking the shorter guy for an autograph, when I chickened out.
- I eat a lot of chicken and fish, rice and pasta and maintain an all-round healthy diet. Times, Sunday Times
- If you're partial to poultry, the Nostos Special is a good bet at $7.95 for a grilled half chicken and $14.95 for a whole one.
- The smoothly boiled porridge, with its accompaniment of thick yellow cream; the new-laid eggs; the grilled trout, fresh from the stream; the freshly baked "baps" and "scones," the crisp rolls of oatcake; and last, but not least, the delectable, home-made marmalade, which is as much a part of the meal as the coffee itself. Big Game A Story for Girls