bumpkin

Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmpkɪn/

The English word “bumpkin” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.
Dance, a series of reels, Scottish.

Etymology

From Dutch boomken (“shrub, little tree”), equivalent to boom + -kin. Note that the English word boom is etymologically related to the aforementioned in the sense of "large stem", or "big tree". Compare German Baumke, Bäumchen.

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More English words

bumping
bumpingly
Bumpit
bumpity
bumpkinet
bumpkinish
bumpkinism
bumpkinly

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