bumpkin
Meanings
Plural: bumpkins
Noun
- a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
- A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
- A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
- Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.
Origin / Etymology
From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.
Synonyms
bogan, boor, bumpkin, chawbacon, chuff, churl, clenchpoop, clown, cornball, hayseed, hick, jay, kern, lamb, lout, lubber, peasant, rube, Tony Lumpkin, tyke, unsophisticate, yahoo, yokel
Scrabble Score: 17
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