Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: bumpkin
IPA transcription: [b'ʌmpkɪn]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed, bumpkin, chawbacon
    Meaning: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
Usage examples
  • Even the most mischievous of the fairies would not tease him, although he did not belong to their set at all, but was quite a little country bumpkin.
  • To say the truth, the compliment was so expressed, that the lady might easily appropriate the greater share of it, for Thorncliff seemed an arrant country bumpkin, awkward, shy, and somewhat sulky withal.