Log in or Sign up
  1. yokel love

Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A rustic; a bumpkin.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A rustic or countryman; especially, a country bumpkin.
  2. n. Same as hickwall.

Wiktionary

  1. n. pejorative An unsophisticated person.
  2. n. A person of rural background.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. engraving A country bumpkin.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Etymologies

  1. 1812, possibly dialectical German Jokel, diminutive of Jakob; alternatively, from dialectal English yokel ("woodpecker"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “‘And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?’ said Mr. Losberne, with a smile.”

    Oliver Twist

  • “-- A San Diego talk-show yokel is offering $1,000 to anyone who will out a NAMBLA member.”

    Make It Stop

  • “And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?' said Mr. Losberne, with a smile.”

    Oliver Twist

  • “And, translating the word yokel for the benefit of the ladies, I apprehend your meaning to be, that this attempt was not made by a countryman?" said Mr. Losberne, with a smile.”

    Oliver Twist

  • “The yokel was a year or two older, was taller, and stones heavier.”

    Acton's Feud A Public School Story

  • “This leads Don to discuss his father's unfortunate death by horse, his Uncle Mac, and the idea that he is a "yokel" who can tall rats from mice because of his days on the farm.”

    Mad Men Episode Recap: "The Suitcase"

  • “Hick Day! lol Everyone has to come dressed like a country yokel which is ironic because it's a country kind of town so we generally have a lot of people dressing like farmers already.”

    super-suzan Diary Entry

  • “Now "yokel" stung, for Barnabas remembered his blunt-toed boots, therefore he smiled with lips suddenly grim, and his politeness grew almost aggressive.”

    The Amateur Gentleman

  • “Timothy is a stolid, unemotional kind of yokel, and, once having ascertained that the object was a woman's body in a blue dress with white facings, he quietly stooped and tried to lift it out of the mud.”

    Lady Molly of Scotland Yard

  • “what happens in Vegas, does not stay in Vegas', and we should all be embarrased. what kind of yokel does that? if she would have fallen off the bar from a spilled drink you wouldn't think twice about suing them, so they SHOULD tell you to get the hell out.”

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines

Show 10 more examples...

Lists

These user-created lists contain the word ‘yokel’.

More lists containing ‘yokel’

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.

  • seanahan some folks 'll never lose a toe, but then again some folk'll Feb 20, 2007

Tweets

Looking for tweets for yokel.

‘yokel’ has been looked up 2448 times, loved by 3 people, added to 18 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 12.