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How to pronounce yokel in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms bumpkin, chawbacon, hayseed, hick, rube, yahoo
Type of rustic

Examples of yokel

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Admitted, some of the yokel accents are a bit dodgy and there are some expletives.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
There's still country yokel leagues out there to watch as an alternative.
From the independent.co.uk
The city is so provincial that only a yokel could be comfortable there.
From the economist.com
Synonyms for yokel include country bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, rube, redneck and hick.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The film is marred by local-yokel humor that is stupefyingly unfunny and seems to go on forever.
From the latimes.com
Randy White was on local-yokel television here in Dallas during a pregame show Sunday morning.
From the washingtonpost.com
Her reaction to liberal snobbery was to play the yokel even more.
From the economist.com
When Billy Jack lets his hands and feet fly at some nasty yokel, he feels just terrible afterward.
From the time.com
The story is about the unrequited love of the hapless yokel Nemorino for the flirtatious Adina.
From the express.co.uk
More examples
  • A person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture
  • Yokel is a derogatory term referring to the stereotype of unsophisticated country people. In the United States, it is used to describe someone from the rural South or Midwest. Synonyms for yokel include country bumpkin, hayseed, chawbacon, redneck and hick.
  • An unsophisticated person; A person of rural background
  • The center of a small egg. - Joseph Leff
  • Peasant, hick, hayseed (Urban Dictionary)