hicks

a person from a rural area, often considered unsophisticated or uneducated

persona del campo, campesino/a

Collocations country hicks

• The city people often look down on the hicks from the countryside.

  La gente de la ciudad suele despreciar a los campesinos del campo.

a sharp, sudden sound made by breathing out through the nose or mouth

respiración sibilante, jadeo

Collocations hick up

• He hicked up as he tried to speak.

  Hicieron un sonido al tratar de hablar.