Used in a Sentence

hillbilly

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hillbilly.

Editorial note

You want Billy-the-hillbilly in Tennessee to recognize your relationship as just as legitimate as John and Jane's.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hillbilly gathered in one view.

verb

To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.

verb

To portray or act as an uneducated and unsophisticated fool.

verb

To perform or experience stereotypically hillbilly-like actions.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hillbilly.

Example sentences

1

You want Billy-the-hillbilly in Tennessee to recognize your relationship as just as legitimate as John and Jane's.

2

Billy the Hillbilly Preacher can think me a shocking fornicator and say so to my face.

3

After all, some hillbilly somewhere might not appreciate the many nuances of differing cultural practices between Sumatra and Tamil Nadu.

4

I did quadratic equations in 7th grade in the US, in a back woods small hillbilly school in the US.

5

My guess would be: CIA, NSA, FBI, and probably Sheriff Random from Hillbilly Cove.

6

Who knows when someone will need to try and end you career as a civil servant to advance their chances with hillbilly racists in a midterm...

7

Low-brow at worst and more appropriate at some hillbilly bar.

8

What a hillbilly sounding term that only makes me cringe at what kind things the US government is going to cook up for us cyber pros, lol.

9

Not of the gun-totting, hillbilly mountain militia type.

10

Travis Goodspeed isn't your average hillbilly.

11

> some hillbilly somewhere might not appreciate the many nuances of differing cultural practices Are you seriously offering that as your reason too?

12

I hope the readers here don't get the impression that you represent Russian culture, so just to make things clear: just like in America, these views are more representative of Russian hillbilly rednecks.

Quote examples

1

Hell, they don't even care that much about US grunts, if the "hillbilly armour" and servicewoman-rape scandals are anything to go by.

2

While one could stereotype blacks in this situation (“ghetto”), or whites (“hillbilly”), why would you do that?

3

But some people seem to have this "thing" of acting like having gone to school in the South singles you out as some barely-literate, uneducated hillbilly.

4

Still an excellent project, just not "hillbilly" as per the title; would have been done identically in downtown Manhattan or at my lab in the frozen north.

Proper noun examples

1

Hillbilly is a person that lives in the mountains and not a person that jury rigs things, per se.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hillbilly in a sentence?

You want Billy-the-hillbilly in Tennessee to recognize your relationship as just as legitimate as John and Jane's.

What does hillbilly mean?

To emphasize one's rural or humble upbringing; to use unsophisticated charm.

What part of speech is hillbilly?

hillbilly is commonly used as verb, noun.