different between hick vs hickster

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?k/
• Homophone: hic
• Rhymes: -?k

Etymology 1

From Hick (“pet form of Richard”).

Noun

hick (plural hicks)

1. (derogatory) An awkward, naive, clumsy and/or rude country person. [from early 18th c.]

Synonyms

• boer, boor
• country bumpkin
• churl
• hillbilly
• lob
• redneck
• rustic
• yokel

Translations

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Verb

hick (third-person singular simple present hicks, present participle hicking, simple past and past participle hicked)

1. to hiccup

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Luxembourgish

Verb

hick

1. second-person singular imperative of hicken

English

Etymology

Blend of hick +? hipster

Noun

hickster (plural hicksters)

1. (Can we clean up⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) A hick who attempts to be hip (that is, to be a hipster).
   • 1960, William Garland Rogers, Mildred Weston, Carnival crossroads: the story of Times Square:

     Hawk-eyed bus-tour agents mounting watch at the intersections, flaunting printed signs tucked in the bands of their visored caps to advertise their business, claim they can spot the hickster nine times out of ten.

Anagrams

• Hetricks, chirkest, kitscher, skitcher