hick vs rube what difference

what is difference between hick and rube

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɪk/
• Homophone: hic
• Rhymes: -ɪk

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

Alternative forms

• Reub

Etymology

Generic use of the name Rube.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ro͞ob, IPA^(key): /ɹuːb/
• Rhymes: -uːb

Noun

rube (plural rubes)

1. (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
2. (derogatory) An uninformed, unsophisticated, or unintelligent person.

Translations

Anagrams

• Brue, Bure, Rueb, Uber, buer, bure, ebru, erub, uber, uber-, über-

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrubɛ]
• Rhymes: -ubɛ
• Hyphenation: ru‧be

Noun

rube

1. vocative singular of rub

Verb

rube

1. third-person singular present indicative of rubat

Alternative forms

• rubá

Anagrams

• beru
• erbu
• uber

Latin

Noun

rube

1. vocative singular of rubus

Middle English

Noun

rube

1. Alternative form of ruby

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