| slovo | definícia |
bumpkin
(mass) | bumpkin
- balík |
bumpkin
(encz) | bumpkin,balík pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
bumpkin
(encz) | bumpkin,bambule pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
bumpkin
(encz) | bumpkin,moula pcernoch@imc.cas.cz |
bumpkin
(encz) | bumpkin,vidlák n: web |
Bumpkin
(gcide) | Bumpkin \Bump"kin\, n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave
defines thus: "Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a
long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and
sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde."
Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a
block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a
pole.]
An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.
"Bashful country bumpkins." --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster] |
bumpkin
(wn) | bumpkin
n 1: a person who is not very intelligent or interested in
culture [syn: yokel, rube, hick, yahoo, hayseed,
bumpkin, chawbacon] |
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brace bumpkin
(gcide) | Bumkin \Bum"kin\, n. [Boom a beam + -kin. See Bumpkin.]
(Naut.)
A projecting beam or boom; as:
(a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the
fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin.
(b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and
called brace bumpkin.
(c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the
mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]
[1913 Webster] |
Bumpkin
(gcide) | Bumpkin \Bump"kin\, n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave
defines thus: "Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a
long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and
sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde."
Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a
block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a
pole.]
An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout.
"Bashful country bumpkins." --W. Irving.
[1913 Webster] |
bumpkinly
(gcide) | bumpkinly \bump"kin*ly\ adj.
unsophisticated in a manner resembling a lifelong resident of
rural areas; as, bumpkinly country boys.
Syn: hick, rustic, unsophisticated.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC] |
bumpkinly
(wn) | bumpkinly
adj 1: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country
boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of
Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn:
bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated] |
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