English to Yiddish Meaning of yokel - יאָקעל

Yokel :

יאָקעל

Yokel :: יאָקעלYokels :: יאָקעלס

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Definitions of yokel in English

Noun(1) a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

Examples of yokel in English

(1) People like you preach tolerance and openmindedness all the time but when it comes to middle America you think we're all evil and stupid country yokels who need your political alignment.(2) Well, guess what kids, if the beef industry goes, it's not just going to be the country yokels that are out of a job.(3) He has a few too many disparaging references to ├ö├ç├┐country yokels ,├ö├ç├û and some of his remarks about women are needlessly chauvinistic.(4) I told her I appreciated the vote of confidence, but I know what happens when I sit at a table of genuinely funny people, not family members and appreciative yokels : I become more solemn than Lincoln in his tomb.(5) She confirmed my suspicions of country folk being idiotic yokels as correct.

Synonyms

Noun

1. bumpkin ::

באַמפּקין

2. peasant ::

פּויער

3. provincial ::

קליינשטעטלדיק

4. rustic ::

פּויעריש

5. country cousin ::

לאַנד קוזינע

6. countryman ::

לאַנדסמאַן

7. countrywoman ::

קאָונטריוואָמאַן

8. hayseed ::

הייַסעעד

9. hillbilly ::

היללביללי

10. hick ::

היקק

11. hoser ::

האָסער

12. rube ::

רוב

13. clodhopper ::

קלאָדהאָפּפּער

14. yahoo ::

יאַהאָאָ

15. apple knocker ::

עפּל קנאָקקער

Antonyms

1. cosmopolitan ::

קאָסמאָפּאָליטאַן

Different Forms

yokel, yokels

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