carl
Meanings
Plural: carls
Noun
- A rude, rustic man; a churl.
- A stingy person; a niggard.
Verb
- To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English carl, from Old English carl, a borrowing from Old Norse karl (“man, husband”), from Proto-Germanic *karilaz. Doublet of ceorl, churl, and karl.
Synonyms
bogger, bogtrotter, boor, bucolic, bydlo, carl, cheapass, cheapie, cheapo, cheapskate, churl, clodhopper, clutchfist, corncob, cornhusker, country bumpkin, country cousin, culchie, dubbo, el cheapo, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, hob, hobnail, hog-rubber, honyock, hunk, joskin, last of the big spenders, lob, magpie, miser, moneygrubber, muckworm, nickel nurser, nig, niggard, nigon, nipcheese, nipfarthing, penny pincher, penny-father, pickpenny, piker, pinch-commons, pinch-gut, pincher, pinchfist, pinchpenny, promdi, provincial, redneck, rube, rustic, scrimp, scrooge, skinflint, snudge, squirrel, tight-arse, tightwad, woolly back, yokel
Scrabble Score: 6
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