hillbilly
To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringingTo emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.
Recorded US: Dvortygirl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
» Tom isn't a hillbilly.
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3 sensesTo emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.
To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool.
To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.
Examples
10 sentencesTom isn't a hillbilly.
Tom is a hillbilly.
ruТом - деревенщина. — odexed
deTom ist ein Landei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Ziri heard the story of that family of cannibalistic inbred hillbillies.
Yanni is a hillbilly.
Mennad looks like a hillbilly.
Origin
From hill + billy (“fellow”). Compare Scots chapman billie (“travelling salesman”).From hill + billy (“fellow”). Compare Scots chapman billie (“travelling salesman”).
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Forms
hillbillies, hillbillying, hillbillied, hillbillied| Base form | hillbilly · to hillbilly |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | hillbillies |
| Present participle | hillbillying |
| Past simple | hillbillied |
| Past participle | hillbillied |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.