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Meaning of "yokel" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD YOKEL

Perhaps from dialect yokel green woodpecker, yellowhammer.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF YOKEL

yokel  [ˈjəʊkəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF YOKEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Yokel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES YOKEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of yokel in the English dictionary

The definition of yokel in the dictionary is a person who lives in the country, esp one who appears to be simple and old-fashioned.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH YOKEL


afocal
ˈeɪˌfəʊkəl
bifocal
baɪˈfəʊkəl
confocal
kɒnˈfəʊkəl
epifocal
ˌɛpɪˈfəʊkəl
focal
ˈfəʊkəl
hyperfocal
ˌhaɪpəˈfəʊkəl
interlocal
ˌɪntəˈləʊkəl
local
ˈləʊkəl
matrilocal
ˈmætrɪˌləʊkəl
multifocal
ˌmʌltɪˈfəʊkəl
multivocal
ˌmʌltɪˈvəʊkəl
nonlocal
nɒnˈləʊkəl
parfocal
pɑːˈfəʊkəl
patrilocal
ˌpætrɪˈləʊkəl
socle
ˈsəʊkəl
subvocal
sʌbˈvəʊkəl
trifocal
traɪˈfəʊkəl
univocal
ˌjuːnɪˈvəʊkəl
varifocal
ˈvɛərɪˌfəʊkəl
vocal
ˈvəʊkəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE YOKEL

yohimbe
yohimbine
yoick
yoicks
yojan
yok
yoke
yoke oxen
yokefellow
yokeless
yokelish
yokemate
yoker
yoking
Yokohama
Yokosuka
Yokozuna
Yokozuni
yoldring

WORDS THAT END LIKE YOKEL

cupronickel
deckel
farnarkel
ferronickel
Haeckel
Heinkel
Merkel
mispickel
nickel
pannikel
pumpernickel
schnorkel
shekel
snorkel
teckel
Wanne-Eickel
wooden nickel

Synonyms and antonyms of yokel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «YOKEL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «yokel» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of yokel

Translation of «yokel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF YOKEL

Find out the translation of yokel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of yokel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «yokel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粗人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

yokel
570 millions of speakers

English

yokel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गांवारू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الجلف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

деревенщина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

yokel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জবুথবু লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

péquenaud
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Yokel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bauerntölpel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

田舎者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시골뜨기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Yokel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người nhà quê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கிராமவாசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

योकेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

köylü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

campagnolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cham
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

селюк
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

țărănoi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χωριάτης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

boerenpummel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

yokel
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

yokel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of yokel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «YOKEL»

The term «yokel» is quite widely used and occupies the 53.417 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «YOKEL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «yokel» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «yokel» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about yokel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YOKEL»

Discover the use of yokel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to yokel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Round Bachelor
1 YOKEL: Yes, I'll see you in the morning. (JANE EXITS UP RIGHT. Moments later, we hear the PRINCE.) PRINCE'S VOICE: (From OFFSTAGE, under the window.) Hey, King. Yo' mama eats kitty litter. (YOKEL rushes to the window with his ...
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the bachelor king
1 JANE: Exercise? Nah, I get my exercise from ridin', ropin' and chasin' my horse, darn her, she's always takin' off on me. YOKEL: Then what brings you out tonight ? JANE: I'm just gettin' me a glass of water. 5 YOKEL: Oh! JANE: Which way is it ...
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Handbook on the Toxicology of Metals
The most commonly used foods that may contain substantial amounts of aluminum-containing food additives except baking powder are processed cheese, cake mixes, frozen dough, pancake mixes, and pickled vegetables ( Saiyed and Yokel, ...
Gunnar F. Nordberg, Bruce A. Fowler, Monica Nordberg, 2011
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And the Show Goes on: Broadway and Hollywood Adventures
I learned that shortly after I had given my notice, Alex Yokel, the nominal producer of Three Men, had appeared before the council, petitioning for permission to rehearse the company without pay during the Easter layoff. Such permission was ...
Sheldon Leonard, 1995
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Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man: A Casebook
logue, the yokel's fight with the prizefighter of scientific method, the battle-royal free-for-all, the Golden Day fisticuffs, Invisible against Lucius Brockway, Tod and Invisible versus Ras, and Tod versus the cops are just some of the novel's main ...
John F. Callahan, 2004
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Heavy Metals In The Environment
Hum Exp Toxicol 17:296–301, 1998. 106. SJ King, C Oldham, JF Popplewell, RS Carling, JP Day, LK Fifield, RG Cresswell, K Liu, ML di Tada. Analyst 122:1049– 1055, 1997. 107. DD Allen, C Orvig, RA Yokel. Toxicology 98:31–39, 1995. 108.
Bibudhendra Sarkar, 2002
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Changing Stories in the Chinese World
The first old yokel pointed at the second. "One of his family's water buffaloes walked into our family's graveyard and ate the grass there. Is that hateful, or isn't it ?" At this point the second old yokel slipped a red-paper packet of money under the ...
Mark Elvin, 1997
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Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway ...
Yokel Boy (1939) is long forgotten now, but it ran six months in New York because its familiar plot (stolen shamelessly from 193 1's America's Sweetheart) and likable (but not memorable) songs allowed such comic actors as Buddy Ebsen, ...
Thomas S. Hischak, 2004
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A Second Mencken Chrestomathy: A New Selection from the ...
Yokel. From Four Moral Causes, Prejudices: Fifth Series, 1926, p. n The yokel has scarcely any privacy at all. His neighbors know everything that is to be known about him, including what he eats and what he feeds his quadrupedal colleagues .
H. L. Mencken, 2006
10
Pantomimes 102: Pantomime, Pantomimes, Pantomiming
47. AMUSEMENT PARK MIRRORS The carnival BARKER spiels with a microphone atop a platform stage. From among a seen or unseen crowd around him jps the YOKEL, a simple-minded clod. YOKEL buys a ticket •om BARKER and enters ...
James W. Gousseff, 1981

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «YOKEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term yokel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Best New Band
Remember when everyone was into saying “YOLO” all the time? Well, now it's time to start saying “LoYo”—as in Local Yokel, Missoula's new bluegrass-inspired ... «Missoula Independent, Jul 15»
2
Man who barricaded himself in home and then committed suicide …
Authorities said Yokel was distraught over girlfriend troubles, and they had responded to a similar call earlier Thursday. Court records show Yokel was charged ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
3
Stephen Merchant: in London I'm a yokel but in Hollywood I'm …
Stephen Merchant is used to being noticed. At 6ft 7in tall it is difficult for him to be inconspicuous as he arrives at his publicist's Covent Garden office. Walking ... «Evening Standard, Jun 15»
4
Local Yokel — located in Stamford — acquired
LYM The founder of Local Yokel Media said the business has been acquired by PubSquared, a New York City company whose automated platform allows ... «CT News, Jun 15»
5
Conservative candidate says 'straw-sucking yokels' jibe was 'not my …
... the South West's most rural constituencies once derided the countryside as populated by "chinless foxhunters, straw-sucking yokels and whingeing farmers". «Western Morning News, Apr 15»
6
Healy-Rae has veneer of 'yokel' says FG strategy paper
The Fine Gael Kerry branch sized up Independent Michael Healy-Rae as someone who hides behind “the veneer of a friendly/simple country yokel” but who is ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
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New Yokel Market reopens
•New Yokel Market has reopened at 201 N. Main St. in Hattiesburg. Details: 582-5048. •Laurel Main Street is calling on all chefs, home cooks and friends with a ... «Hattiesburg American, Feb 15»
8
Why We'll Miss Tom LaBonge, LA City Council's Last Yokel
Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge says the same thing to all he meets: "Where'd you go to high school?" He follows this up, without fail, with some ... «LA Weekly, Feb 15»
9
GOP tries a local yokel approach
cptimeLessons learned: "DavidLauter: Asked why she's more willing to tout her gender now than '08: "I lost last time," @HillaryClinton says.” Watch for a new ... «Chicago Tribune, Jan 15»
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Ajai Shukla: Yokel at a country fair
It is time for South Block to stop behaving like a yokel at a country fair, unable to participate for fear of being pickpocketed. Indian officials must move forward ... «Business Standard, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Yokel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/yokel>. Apr 2024 ».
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