hillbilly
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /hɪlˈbɪ.li/
  • (America) IPA: /ˈhɪlbɪli/
Noun

hillbilly (plural hillbillies)

  1. (often pejorative) 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.
Synonyms Translations Translations
  • Italian: sudista
Verb

hillbilly (hillbillies, present participle hillbillying; past and past participle hillbillied)

  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.



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