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)
- (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)
- to hiccup
Translations
References
- Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Luxembourgish
Verb
hick
- 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)
- (US, Canada, informal) A person of rural heritage; a yokel.
- (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
- vocative singular of rub
Verb
rube
- third-person singular present indicative of rubat
Alternative forms
- rubá
Anagrams
- beru
- erbu
- uber
Latin
Noun
rube
- vocative singular of rubus
Middle English
Noun
rube
- Alternative form of ruby
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