noun
- seeds or small pieces of hay or grass
- unsophisticated people from rural areas
Usage: informal; sometimes derogatory
Examples
- The farmer’s clothes were covered in hayseeds after working in the barn.
- She picked hayseeds out of her hair after the hayride.
- The city politician dismissed the rural voters as hayseeds.
- Don’t underestimate those hayseeds – they’re smarter than they look.
- Hayseeds stuck to his jacket from the freshly cut field.
- The comedy portrayed small-town residents as simple hayseeds.