hicky
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈhɪki/
- Offensive
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paleto
- Growing up in a small town, she often felt like a hicky when visiting the city.
Examples
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Some people see a hicky as someone who doesn't understand the city's fast pace.
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Hickies?
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I'm the one that put them hickies on it.
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-Spelling my name in hickies.
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Amber, if I die from these fumes, will you be sure to cover the hickies on my neck?
Fiction book (1999) -
His thick accent and simple tastes made him seem like a hicky to the urban crowd.
Synonyms
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9.6
A person from the countryside who seems simple and old-fashioned
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9.9
A person from the countryside who is not used to city life
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8.9
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
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9.8
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
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9.9
A big rough man who is not very polite or educated
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8.2
A person from the countryside who is inexperienced with city life
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7.5
A person from a province or small town often seen as not very sophisticated
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A person from the countryside who seems simple and not used to city life
A person from the country who is rough, clumsy, and simple
Antonyms
How Unsophisticated
- Offensive
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9.6
- Offensive
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8.9
- Offensive
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9.9
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2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
As a noun, hicky comes from the slang hick, originally a nickname like Hick for Richard that came to mean a person from the countryside. That's why calling someone a hicky says they are a 'country' or 'unsophisticated' person.