bumpkin
Plural: bumpkins
Noun
- An unsophisticated or awkward rustic person.
- 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.
Examples
- Despite being a BUMPKIN in real life, he was a genius at Words With Friends.
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
chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo, yokel, Tony Lumpkin, bogan, boor, bumpkin, chuff, churl, clenchpoop, clown, cornball, jay, kern, lamb, lout, lubber, peasant, tyke, unsophisticate
Scrabble Score: 17
bumpkin: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbumpkin: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bumpkin: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary