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1 hick -- rank: 1000

hick definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated] n 1: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Hick, nickname for Richard Date: 1669 an unsophisticated provincial person • hickish adjective II. adjective Date: 1913 unsophisticated, provincial < a hick town > Oxford Reference Dictionary n. esp. US colloq. a ...

2 DUB O' TH' HICK -- rank: 900

DUB O' TH' HICK Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue A lick on ...

3 Hickwall -- rank: 498

Hickwall definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HICK'WALL HICK'WAY, n. A small species of woodpecker. Webster's 1913 ... and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hickwall Hick"wall`, Hickway Hick"way`, n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The lesser spotted woodpecker ...

4 Hickup -- rank: 498

Hickup definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary HICK'UP, n. [The English is a compound of hic and ... allied to hitch, to catch. The word is generally pronounced hick-up.] A spasmodic affection of the stomach, esophagus,and muscles ... muscles, with sonorous inspiration; repeated at short intervals. HIC'COUGH HICK'UP, v.i. To have a spasmodic affection of the ... Written also hickup or hiccup.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hickup Hick"up, n. & v. i. See Hiccough.

5 Rustic -- rank: 429

... awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated] 3: characteristic of the fields or country; "agrestic ... gentleman farmer, granger, greenhorn, grower, guileless, harvester, harvestman, haymaker, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, homely, homespun, husbandman, ingenuous, jay, kibbutznik, kolkhoznik, kulak, lean ...

6 rube -- rank: 429

... not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Rube ... He's no rube. He's a very smart guy. = hick N-COUNT [disapproval] Moby Thesaurus babe, backwoodsman, boor, boorish, bucolic ... the sticks, fumble-fist, gawk, gawky, goof, goofball, goofer, hayseed, hick, hicky, hillbilly, hobnailed, infant, ingenue, innocent, inurbane, lamb, looby, lout ...

7 yokel -- rank: 339

... not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: perhaps ... from the sticks, fumbler, gawk, gawky, gowk, groundling, guttersnipe, hayseed, hick, hicky, hillbilly, hobnailed, hooligan, ill-bred fellow, infant, ingenue, innocent ...

8 Hickway -- rank: 339

Hickway definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hickwall Hick"wall`, Hickway Hick"way`, n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The lesser spotted woodpecker ...

9 Dendrocopus minor -- rank: 339

... and pump borer. [Prov. Eng.] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hickwall Hick"wall`, Hickway Hick"way`, n. [OE., also hyghwhele, highawe.] The lesser spotted woodpecker ...

10 hayseed -- rank: 339

... not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon] Merriam Webster's noun (plural hayseed ... farmer, farmerish, flaxseed, from the sticks, fruit, gawk, gawky, grain, hick, hicky, hillbilly, hobnailed, inurbane, kernel, linseed, looby, lout, loutish, lubber ...

11 Bumpkinly -- rank: 339

... awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated] Merriam Webster's adjective see bumpkin I

12 Bumpkin -- rank: 339

... not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology ... bucolic, clod, clodhopper, clown, country bumpkin, farmer, gawk, gawky, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, looby, lout, lubber, lummox, oaf, provincial, rube, rustic, yokel

13 chawbacon -- rank: 339

... not very intelligent or interested in culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: 1chaw + bacon Date: 1537 bumpkin, hick

14 Unsophisticated -- rank: 339

... awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 1630 not sophisticated ...

15 Lout -- rank: 214

... dupe, epicier, farmer, fumbler, gawk, gawky, gowk, groundling, guttersnipe, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hooligan, ill-bred fellow, infant, ingenue, innocent, klutz, lamb ...