plural of hick
"The new city folk found their friends from home to be a bunch of uncultured hicks who didn't know how to use chopsticks."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hick
"The old hicks laugh at our city ways."
In plain English: To hick means to move quickly and clumsily, often tripping over your own feet while trying to run away fast.
"Don't be so hicky, just relax and enjoy your dinner."
A patronymic surname, from given names derived from Hick, a medieval diminutive of Richard.
"The genealogist traced the family tree back to its original hicks before it became a common name in the region."
The word hicks is formed by adding the plural suffix to the noun hick, which originally referred to a person from rural areas. This term entered common usage as a colloquial way to describe someone perceived as unsophisticated or country-bred.