hick
/hɪk/noun
उच्चारण हिक
गँवार, देहाती
Core word
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[C] informal, disapproving, especially North American
a person from the countryside who is thought to be simple and to know little about the world
गँवार, देहाती
- They treated him like a hick from the village.
- The city lad was wrongly dismissed as a hick by his classmates.
- The film made fun of a hick who visits the big city for the first time.
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- Do not call him a hick just because he grew up on a farm.
- The city boys laughed at the new student, calling him a hick.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 3
a hick (countable noun)
Hick is a countable noun and needs an article or a plural form; it labels a person, so it is used with a or the.
'Hick' countable noun है, इसलिए इसके साथ article या plural रूप चाहिए; यह किसी व्यक्ति के लिए प्रयुक्त होता है।
- The city boys laughed at him and called him a hick.
- They treated the new student like a hick.
hick + noun (informal adjective use)
Before another noun, hick describes a place or a person as unsophisticated; this use is informal and often rude.
दूसरे noun से पहले 'hick' किसी स्थान या व्यक्ति को अनगढ़ बताता है; यह प्रयोग informal और प्रायः अपमानजनक है।
- He grew up in a hick town with one cinema.
- The film makes fun of hick manners.
call / treat sb a hick
The verb call takes the label directly, without as or to, while treat is followed by like.
'Call' के बाद label सीधे आता है, as या to के बिना, जबकि 'treat' के बाद like आता है।
- Nobody should call a villager a hick.
- The clerk treated her like a hick because of her accent.
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adjective + hick
small-towncountrysimpleignorantnaive
- The small-town hick turned out to be the best coder in the room.
verb + hick
call sbtreat sb likemocklaugh atdismiss as
- Do not dismiss him as a hick; he topped the exam.
hick + noun
townaccentvillagehumour
- She laughed off the comments about her hick accent.
like a hick
dresstalkbehavelookstare
- Do not stare at the skyscrapers like a hick.
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- The film shows a city girl who looks down on every hick in the village.
फ़िल्म में एक शहरी लड़की है जो गाँव के हर देहाती को नीची नज़र से देखती है।
- Only an ill-mannered person would call a farmer a hick.
केवल बदतमीज़ व्यक्ति ही किसी किसान को गँवार कहेगा।
- Radhika was teased as a hick when she first joined the big-city college.
जब राधिका ने पहली बार बड़े शहर के कॉलेज में प्रवेश लिया, तब उसे गँवार कहकर चिढ़ाया गया।
- In the novel, the hero is a hick who becomes a successful lawyer.
उपन्यास में नायक एक देहाती है जो सफल वकील बन जाता है।
- The word hick is offensive and should be avoided in formal writing.
'Hick' शब्द अपमानजनक है और औपचारिक लेखन में इससे बचना चाहिए।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ They called him as a hick.
✓ They called him a hick.
Call takes the label directly; do not put as before it.
'Call' के बाद label सीधे आता है; उससे पहले 'as' नहीं लगता।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
These words all describe people thought of as unsophisticated, but they differ in tone and region.
ये सभी शब्द उन लोगों के लिए हैं जिन्हें अनगढ़ माना जाता है, पर लहजे और क्षेत्र में अंतर है।
An informal and insulting word for someone from the countryside thought to be simple.
देहात के किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति के लिए informal और अपमानजनक शब्द जिसे सीधा-सादा समझा जाता है।
- He was mocked as a hick for his plain clothes.
A British word, slightly humorous, for an awkward country person.
अनाड़ी देहाती व्यक्ति के लिए ब्रिटिश शब्द, जिसमें हल्का हास्य होता है।
- The country bumpkin got lost in the metro station.
A neutral word for a person who lives in a village; it has no insult.
गाँव में रहने वाले व्यक्ति के लिए तटस्थ शब्द; इसमें कोई अपमान नहीं।
- Every villager came to the fair.