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hick

/hɪk/

Translations

hicknoun

hicks

/hɪk/

ploucFamilier et péjoratif, pour une personne de la campagne jugée peu raffinée.

The city crowd laughed and called him a hick because of his thick drawl.

La foule citadine a ri et l’a traité de plouc à cause de son fort accent traînant.

Additional translations

péquenotFamilier et péjoratif.

Synonyms

country bumpkin

hickadjective

hicker

Comp.

hickest

Super.

/hɪk/

ploucFamilier et péjoratif.

They thought her fashion sense was too hick for the upscale restaurant.

Ils trouvaient que son sens de la mode était trop plouc pour ce restaurant chic.

Synonyms

hicknoun

Derogatory, informal. A person from the country who is regarded as unsophisticated or lacking in social graces.

The city crowd laughed and called him a hick because of his thick drawl.

hickadjective

Derogatory, informal. Unsophisticated, provincial, or characteristic of rural people regarded as backward.

They thought her fashion sense was too hick for the upscale restaurant.