carl
Plural: carls
Noun
- A peasant or countryman; a coarse, rude fellow.
- A rude, rustic man; a churl.
- A stingy person; a niggard.
Verb
- To snarl; to talk grumpily or gruffly.
Examples
- Even a CARL might stumble upon a high-scoring word with enough luck.
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
carl: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcarl: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
carl: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary