hillbilly
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9.6
- noun
- /ˈhɪlˌbɪli/
- Slur
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paleto (ofensivo)
- I just wanna show him that being a hillbilly doesn't necessarily mean you're dumb.
- rednecks and hillbillies
- call someone a hillbilly
- a bunch of hillbillies
They were attacked by mods, skinheads, teddy boys, hillbillies and whatever else.
- They were attacked by mods, skinheads, teddy boys, hillbillies and whatever else.
- She got in the whole room full of hillbilly kids and it overwhelmed her.
- Like no, I was a hell raising, beer drinking hillbilly.
- And I remember the scene where it would be a, a hillbilly woman.
- And that sounds like maybe pretty, but I don't or or I, I, I wouldn't use the term hillbilly.
- A lot of people, he said, would describe the neighborhood he grew up in as hillbilly, a redneck or white trash or the sticks.
- And so a couple guys, me and a couple other guys went on the air answering questions in a really heavy hillbilly twang.
- And it seemed like you guys just got out there and had just a a hillbilly brawl for three rounds.
- I mean, it's a crazy amount of fame for a, you know, a itchy hillbilly such as yourself.
- OK Exotic animals like tigers, monkeys breeding them, gay gun toting hillbilly.
- And it's exactly, there's a couple of like hillbilly looking guys standing in a big fancy marble courtroom as they first penetrate the building.
Examples
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The crowd is an unstable mixture of hillbillies, factory workers, and servicemen from nearby Maxwell Air Force Base.
Fiction book (1990) -
Think we're just a bunch of stupid hillbillies trying to make a quick buck?
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So why do you look like a hillbilly from down and down?
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So, you know, look, so home girls and hillbillies, we got it together and totally understand that this is what it's all about.
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Will was a hillbilly who worked in the all-night diner three blocks away.
Fiction book (1996) -
A lot of people, he said, would describe the neighborhood he grew up in as hillbilly, a redneck or white trash or the sticks.
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Yes, there are beer-drinking hillbillies as well, but you get such people everywhere.
Blog text (32) -
Appalshop's mission is to honor Appalachian culture and to counter negative stereotypes of "hillbillies" in mass media.
Academic text (1994) -
We're trying to attract business here, and you're making us into the biggest hillbillies since the Hatfields and McCoys.
Blog text (1) -
Many people unfairly stereotype those living in rural areas as hillbillies who lack sophistication.
Synonyms
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9.6
A person from the countryside who seems simple and old-fashioned
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8.9
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
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9.8
A person from the countryside who seems not used to city life
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8.2
A person from the countryside who is inexperienced with city life
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9.9
A person from the countryside who seems rude or not modern
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7.4
A person who lives in the hills or mountains
Antonyms
Compounds
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7.4
An old, simple type of country music from the mountains of the southern United States
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A strong prescription pain medicine that people often abuse like illegal drugs
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The everyday things people do in rural Southern or Appalachian areas of the United States, like food, work, and music
How Unsophisticated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hillbilly comes from hill, meaning 'small mountain', and Billy, a common man's name, so it originally meant 'Billy from the hills'. So it became a way to call a person from a mountain or country area, often in a rude or insulting way.