English Explanatory Dictionary

hillbilly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone who is from the hills; especially from a rural area, with a connotation of a lack of refinement or sophistication.
  2. A white person from the rural southern part of the United States, especially the Southeastern states.
verb
  1. To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.
  2. To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool.
  3. To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɪlˌbɪli/ en-us-hillbilly.ogg

Word forms

hillbilly hillbillies hillbillying hillbillied

Etymology

From hill + billy (“fellow”). Compare Scots chapman billie (“travelling salesman”).

Synonyms

hick bogger bogtrotter boor bucolic bydlo culchie carl churl corncob cornhusker country bumpkin country cousin clodhopper dubbo joskin hayseed hob hobnail hog-rubber honyock hunk lob promdi provincial rube rustic woolly back yokel

Related words

hillsman hillspeople mountain man redneck

Derived words

fuckabilly glitterbilly grillbilly hellbilly hillbilly heroin hillbilly hot tub hillbillyish hillbillyism hillbillylike hillbilly mango hillbilly music MAGAbilly rockabilly snowbilly
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