how to pronounce bumpkin

/ˈbʌmp.kɪn/

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bumpkin is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of bumpkin in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… little country bumpkin so in my element …”

meanings of bumpkin

noun:

A clumsy, unsophisticated person; a yokel.
A short boom or spar used to extend a sail or secure a stay.

bumpkin frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word bumpkin occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics bumpkin can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that bumpkin can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;