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Definition of yokel in English: yokelnoun ˈjəʊk(ə)lˈjoʊk(ə)l An uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside. Example sentencesExamples - I told her I appreciated the vote of confidence, but I know what happens when I sit at a table of genuinely funny people, not family members and appreciative yokels: I become more solemn than Lincoln in his tomb.
- He has a few too many disparaging references to ‘country yokels,’ and some of his remarks about women are needlessly chauvinistic.
- People like you preach tolerance and openmindedness all the time but when it comes to middle America you think we're all evil and stupid country yokels who need your political alignment.
- Well, guess what kids, if the beef industry goes, it's not just going to be the country yokels that are out of a job.
- She confirmed my suspicions of country folk being idiotic yokels as correct.
Synonyms bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, son/daughter of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian French paysan Spanish campesino Italian contadino, contadina, paisano Russian muzhik, kulak Egyptian fellah Indian ryot informal clod, clodhopper, yahoo, yob, yobbo Irish informal culchie, bogman North American informal hayseed, hillbilly, hick, rube, schlub Australian informal bushy archaic carl, churl, hind, kern rare bucolic
Origin Early 19th century: perhaps figuratively from dialect yokel 'green woodpecker'. Rhymes bifocal, focal, local, univocal, varifocal, vocal Definition of yokel in US English: yokelnounˈjoʊk(ə)lˈyōk(ə)l An uneducated and unsophisticated person from the countryside. Example sentencesExamples - Well, guess what kids, if the beef industry goes, it's not just going to be the country yokels that are out of a job.
- I told her I appreciated the vote of confidence, but I know what happens when I sit at a table of genuinely funny people, not family members and appreciative yokels: I become more solemn than Lincoln in his tomb.
- She confirmed my suspicions of country folk being idiotic yokels as correct.
- He has a few too many disparaging references to ‘country yokels,’ and some of his remarks about women are needlessly chauvinistic.
- People like you preach tolerance and openmindedness all the time but when it comes to middle America you think we're all evil and stupid country yokels who need your political alignment.
Synonyms bumpkin, country bumpkin, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial, oaf, lout, boor, barbarian
Origin Early 19th century: perhaps figuratively from dialect yokel ‘green woodpecker’. |