yokel
pronunciation
How to pronounce yokel in British English:
UK [ˈjəʊkl]
How to pronounce yokel in American English:
US [ˈjoʊkl]
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- Noun:
- not very intelligent or interested in culture
Word Origin
- yokel (n.)
- 1812, perhaps from dialectal German Jokel, disparaging name for a farmer, originally diminutive of Jakob. Or perhaps from English yokel, dialectal name for "woodpecker."
Example
- 1. The clothes makes him look like a slack-jaw yokel .
- 2. At school , his classmates regarded him as yokel and laughed at his rustic mannerisms .
- 3. This is a bit of a " yokel " problem , as in the rustic who when asked for directions , replies " I wouldn 't start from here " .
- 4. His mouth was agape in yokel fashion .
- 5. Listen , you yokel , I 've had it with you .