yokel

English - Turkish

Definition of yokel in English Turkish dictionary

taşradan gelen

kıro

hödük

maganda

Sadece magandalar yere tükürür. - Only yokels spit on the ground.

{i} köylü

{i} (taşradan gelen) hödük

çiftçi yamağı

Related Terms

plural of yokel

hödük çoğul

English - English

Definition of yokel in English English dictionary

A person of rural background

An unsophisticated person

not very intelligent or interested in culture

disapproval If you refer to someone as a yokel, you think they are uneducated and stupid because they come from the countryside. = bumpkin. someone who comes from the countryside, seems stupid, and does not know much about modern life, ideas etc - used humorously (Perhaps from yokel )

{i} rude farmer, country bumpkin

A country bumpkin

Related Terms

yokel-like

stupid and ignorant like proverbial rural inhabitants; "the boy's empty yokel-like expression

yokels

plural of yokel

Hyphenation

yo·kel

Turkish pronunciation

yōkel

Synonyms

backwoods person, boor, country cousin, country person, hayseed, peasant, rustic

Pronunciation

/ˈyōkel/ /ˈjoʊkɛl/

Etymology

[ 'yO-k&l ] (noun.) circa 1812. 1812, possibly dialectical German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob; alternatively, from dialectical English yokel (“woodpecker”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001