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Meanings of
yokel
in English
Portuguese
rústico
Catalan
dropo
Spanish
paleto
Back to the meaning
A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture.
yahoo
rube
hick
bumpkin
hayseed
chawbacon
Portuguese
rústico
Usage of
yokel
in English
1
No local
yokel
takes down Wedge personnel and walks away from it.
2
A
yokel
watching a cavalry regiment in Autumn Manoeuvres over a bridge.
3
They are as unpardonable as the
yokel
rhetoric of our British friends.
4
Anyhow, I, the
yokel
,
had improved on it, and that was something.
5
I must rouse this chuckle-headed
yokel
and get him to help me.'
6
Gilhaelith grinned like a
yokel
,
but his liver was crusted with ice.
7
And he pointed to the half-tipsy
yokel
who was ploughing down the road.
8
And, bidding Pierrebon give the
yokel
a coin, we pressed forwards.
9
One George he insisted upon regarding as a buffoon, another as a
yokel
.
10
The man was actually wearing a smock, like a joke
yokel
.
11
He stormed into the yard like some
yokel
berserker; teeth bared, fists clenched.
12
Catweazle wore a brown romper suit and acted like a
yokel
.
13
Come hither, thou great
yokel
,
at risk of fine and imprisonment.'
14
In the dim local
yokel
mind Paul was a failure, and he knew it.
15
He lounged in the doorway and looked at me and said smilingly, Hello,
yokel
.
16
The burglar's dog is a thief; the country
yokel
has a stupid, unintelligent dog.
Other examples for "yokel"
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yokel
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
local yokel
yokel blood
clumsy yokel
answer the yokel
become a yokel
More collocations
Translations for
yokel
Portuguese
rústico
caipira
Catalan
dropo
taujà
janot
Spanish
paleto
Yokel
through the time
Yokel
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common