Definition of bumpkin in English:

bumpkin

nounˈbʌm(p)kɪnˈbəm(p)kən

An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.
she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin
Example sentencesExamples
- Once seen as the tipple for students and country bumpkins, cider is now the drink of the moment.
- To be honest we were a real bunch of country bumpkins.
- Although her elder sister Nancy had immortalised their parents as upper-class bumpkins in the Oxfordshire countryside, their background was in fact exotic.
- The country bumpkins, arriving here to gawk, are now more materially behind the urban living average than ever (a recent survey put this at more than African cities).
- Many in his own party regarded him as a country bumpkin who lacked the education and moral character to lead our nation through such a fateful crisis.
- The Chinese also have a familiar term for what we would call a hick or a country bumpkin, and that is a xiali Ba ren, literally, a ‘villager from Ba.’
- Also included in the mix are the two comic country bumpkins, stereotypical toothless hillbillies with their pipes, dilapidated hats, and cargo of farm livestock.
- We country bumpkins are older and wiser and financially poorer now because of increased parish rates.
- This might not seem like news worthy of reporting, but it's the fact that it felt like the visit of a pair of country bumpkins to ‘the big city’ that makes it a noteworthy event.
- Whether you're a city dweller or a country bumpkin like myself, it seems that we all take pleasure in what nature holds for us.
- There have portrayed all country people as stupid bumpkins.
- It's funny, but even now in 2002 some people still cling to the idea that we are some bunch of country bumpkins, when the reality is that we are probably as clued up as anyone in Scotland.
- Sometimes, as in the joke about asking directions from a country bumpkin, the easiest way to get from A to B is not to start at A at all.
- Country bumpkins in red rural areas who depend on tourists from urban areas but vote Republican can forget our money.
- But he was a country bumpkin at heart, already dressed for the weekend in blue overalls, a red plaid shirt, and an old fashioned railroad engineer's striped hat.
- Ministers think only a few country bumpkins are going to be affected, but what am I supposed to do?
- Our first game against Chelsea was billed as the country bumpkins against the city boys.
- Subtle changes are taking place, though, in our attitudes towards these country bumpkins.
- And he wasn't about fall for the trap the country bumpkins at Auburn laid for him.
- Y'see, these country bumpkins from Ontario had the audacity and nerve to cover part one of Pink Floyd's classic The Wall.
Synonyms
yokel, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, son/daughter of the soil, peasant, provincial
oaf, lout, boor, barbarian
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, bucolic

Derivatives

bumpkinish

adjective

Ernie's slow drawl and grounded certainty are a good counter point to Steve's bumpkinish demeanor.
Example sentencesExamples
- Next, a bumpkinish cop, annoying his dozing partner, is shown playing with his radar gun.
- They're kind of bumpkinish, they have cockfights and stuff, and they don't really know the world outside the chicken farm.
- And none of the priests actually seems to be a dirty rotten scoundrel - most of them seem to be more bumpkinish rather than churlish.
- Despite his slightly bumpkinish exterior, Li is actually a fearsome fighter with his Staff.

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from Dutch boomken 'little tree' or Middle Dutch bommekijn 'little barrel', used to denote a dumpy person.

Rhymes

pumpkin

Definition of bumpkin in US English:

bumpkin

nounˈbəm(p)kənˈbəm(p)kən

An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.
she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin
Example sentencesExamples
- Also included in the mix are the two comic country bumpkins, stereotypical toothless hillbillies with their pipes, dilapidated hats, and cargo of farm livestock.
- Country bumpkins in red rural areas who depend on tourists from urban areas but vote Republican can forget our money.
- Our first game against Chelsea was billed as the country bumpkins against the city boys.
- To be honest we were a real bunch of country bumpkins.
- Y'see, these country bumpkins from Ontario had the audacity and nerve to cover part one of Pink Floyd's classic The Wall.
- But he was a country bumpkin at heart, already dressed for the weekend in blue overalls, a red plaid shirt, and an old fashioned railroad engineer's striped hat.
- Ministers think only a few country bumpkins are going to be affected, but what am I supposed to do?
- Subtle changes are taking place, though, in our attitudes towards these country bumpkins.
- We country bumpkins are older and wiser and financially poorer now because of increased parish rates.
- This might not seem like news worthy of reporting, but it's the fact that it felt like the visit of a pair of country bumpkins to ‘the big city’ that makes it a noteworthy event.
- There have portrayed all country people as stupid bumpkins.
- And he wasn't about fall for the trap the country bumpkins at Auburn laid for him.
- Sometimes, as in the joke about asking directions from a country bumpkin, the easiest way to get from A to B is not to start at A at all.
- Once seen as the tipple for students and country bumpkins, cider is now the drink of the moment.
- The country bumpkins, arriving here to gawk, are now more materially behind the urban living average than ever (a recent survey put this at more than African cities).
- It's funny, but even now in 2002 some people still cling to the idea that we are some bunch of country bumpkins, when the reality is that we are probably as clued up as anyone in Scotland.
- The Chinese also have a familiar term for what we would call a hick or a country bumpkin, and that is a xiali Ba ren, literally, a ‘villager from Ba.’
- Whether you're a city dweller or a country bumpkin like myself, it seems that we all take pleasure in what nature holds for us.
- Many in his own party regarded him as a country bumpkin who lacked the education and moral character to lead our nation through such a fateful crisis.
- Although her elder sister Nancy had immortalised their parents as upper-class bumpkins in the Oxfordshire countryside, their background was in fact exotic.
Synonyms
yokel, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial

Origin

Late 16th century: perhaps from Dutch boomken ‘little tree’ or Middle Dutch bommekijn ‘little barrel’, used to denote a dumpy person.

单词	bumpkin
释义	Definition of bumpkin in English: bumpkin nounˈbʌm(p)kɪnˈbəm(p)kən An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside. she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin Example sentencesExamples Once seen as the tipple for students and country bumpkins, cider is now the drink of the moment. To be honest we were a real bunch of country bumpkins. Although her elder sister Nancy had immortalised their parents as upper-class bumpkins in the Oxfordshire countryside, their background was in fact exotic. The country bumpkins, arriving here to gawk, are now more materially behind the urban living average than ever (a recent survey put this at more than African cities). Many in his own party regarded him as a country bumpkin who lacked the education and moral character to lead our nation through such a fateful crisis. The Chinese also have a familiar term for what we would call a hick or a country bumpkin, and that is a xiali Ba ren, literally, a ‘villager from Ba.’ Also included in the mix are the two comic country bumpkins, stereotypical toothless hillbillies with their pipes, dilapidated hats, and cargo of farm livestock. We country bumpkins are older and wiser and financially poorer now because of increased parish rates. This might not seem like news worthy of reporting, but it's the fact that it felt like the visit of a pair of country bumpkins to ‘the big city’ that makes it a noteworthy event. Whether you're a city dweller or a country bumpkin like myself, it seems that we all take pleasure in what nature holds for us. There have portrayed all country people as stupid bumpkins. It's funny, but even now in 2002 some people still cling to the idea that we are some bunch of country bumpkins, when the reality is that we are probably as clued up as anyone in Scotland. Sometimes, as in the joke about asking directions from a country bumpkin, the easiest way to get from A to B is not to start at A at all. Country bumpkins in red rural areas who depend on tourists from urban areas but vote Republican can forget our money. But he was a country bumpkin at heart, already dressed for the weekend in blue overalls, a red plaid shirt, and an old fashioned railroad engineer's striped hat. Ministers think only a few country bumpkins are going to be affected, but what am I supposed to do? Our first game against Chelsea was billed as the country bumpkins against the city boys. Subtle changes are taking place, though, in our attitudes towards these country bumpkins. And he wasn't about fall for the trap the country bumpkins at Auburn laid for him. Y'see, these country bumpkins from Ontario had the audacity and nerve to cover part one of Pink Floyd's classic The Wall. Synonyms yokel, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, son/daughter of the soil, peasant, provincial oaf, lout, boor, barbarian 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, bucolic Derivatives bumpkinish adjective Ernie's slow drawl and grounded certainty are a good counter point to Steve's bumpkinish demeanor. Example sentencesExamples Next, a bumpkinish cop, annoying his dozing partner, is shown playing with his radar gun. They're kind of bumpkinish, they have cockfights and stuff, and they don't really know the world outside the chicken farm. And none of the priests actually seems to be a dirty rotten scoundrel - most of them seem to be more bumpkinish rather than churlish. Despite his slightly bumpkinish exterior, Li is actually a fearsome fighter with his Staff. Origin Late 16th century: perhaps from Dutch boomken 'little tree' or Middle Dutch bommekijn 'little barrel', used to denote a dumpy person. Rhymes pumpkin Definition of bumpkin in US English: bumpkin nounˈbəm(p)kənˈbəm(p)kən An unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside. she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin Example sentencesExamples Also included in the mix are the two comic country bumpkins, stereotypical toothless hillbillies with their pipes, dilapidated hats, and cargo of farm livestock. Country bumpkins in red rural areas who depend on tourists from urban areas but vote Republican can forget our money. Our first game against Chelsea was billed as the country bumpkins against the city boys. To be honest we were a real bunch of country bumpkins. Y'see, these country bumpkins from Ontario had the audacity and nerve to cover part one of Pink Floyd's classic The Wall. But he was a country bumpkin at heart, already dressed for the weekend in blue overalls, a red plaid shirt, and an old fashioned railroad engineer's striped hat. Ministers think only a few country bumpkins are going to be affected, but what am I supposed to do? Subtle changes are taking place, though, in our attitudes towards these country bumpkins. We country bumpkins are older and wiser and financially poorer now because of increased parish rates. This might not seem like news worthy of reporting, but it's the fact that it felt like the visit of a pair of country bumpkins to ‘the big city’ that makes it a noteworthy event. There have portrayed all country people as stupid bumpkins. And he wasn't about fall for the trap the country bumpkins at Auburn laid for him. Sometimes, as in the joke about asking directions from a country bumpkin, the easiest way to get from A to B is not to start at A at all. Once seen as the tipple for students and country bumpkins, cider is now the drink of the moment. The country bumpkins, arriving here to gawk, are now more materially behind the urban living average than ever (a recent survey put this at more than African cities). It's funny, but even now in 2002 some people still cling to the idea that we are some bunch of country bumpkins, when the reality is that we are probably as clued up as anyone in Scotland. The Chinese also have a familiar term for what we would call a hick or a country bumpkin, and that is a xiali Ba ren, literally, a ‘villager from Ba.’ Whether you're a city dweller or a country bumpkin like myself, it seems that we all take pleasure in what nature holds for us. Many in his own party regarded him as a country bumpkin who lacked the education and moral character to lead our nation through such a fateful crisis. Although her elder sister Nancy had immortalised their parents as upper-class bumpkins in the Oxfordshire countryside, their background was in fact exotic. Synonyms yokel, country cousin, rustic, countryman, countrywoman, country dweller, daughter of the soil, son of the soil, peasant, provincial Origin Late 16th century: perhaps from Dutch boomken ‘little tree’ or Middle Dutch bommekijn ‘little barrel’, used to denote a dumpy person.
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