Definitions for bumpkin

bumpkin bump·kin

Spelling: [buhmp-kin]
IPA: /ˈbʌmp kɪn/

Bumpkin is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 98 anagrams from letters in bumpkin (bikmnpu).

Definitions for bumpkin

noun

  1. an awkward, simple, unsophisticated person from a rural area; yokel.
  2. a beam or spar projecting outward from the hull of a vessel, for extending a sail, securing blocks, etc.

Origin of bumpkin

1560-70; Middle Dutch bommekijn “little barrel,” equivalent to boom beam + -kijn -kin

Examples for bumpkin

“Thee beest too old, thee meanest,” said Mrs. bumpkin, laughing.

Now Mr. bumpkin, as the reader knows, was not alone in his expedition.

He had no sooner resolved to see bumpkin than to bumpkin he went.

Well then, Mr. bumpkin, there is first a history of your life.

Now this was too much for the absorbing powers of even a bumpkin.

Is there any truth in the statement that this bumpkin beats his wife?

Ah, quite so, quite so; so I should have supposed from what I know of you, Mr. bumpkin.

That thee be a fool,” said Mr. bumpkin, angrily; “thee be a silly-brained—.

Mr. bumpkin certainly would have been a sharp man if he could.

“It have been a mighty long time about, surely,” said Mr. bumpkin.

Word Value for bumpkin
Scrable

17

Words with friends

22

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