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Definition: BUMKIN |
BUMKINNoun1. 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. |
Note: Bumkin \Bum"kin\, noun. [Boom beam -kin. See Bumpkin.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Slang in 1811 | BUMKIN. A raw country fellow. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: BUMKIN |
| English words defined with "BUMKIN": Boomkin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BUMKIN": BUMKIN ♦ LOON, LOUT. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BUMKIN": Bumpkin. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bumkin country | 2 |
bumkin | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BUMKIN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | vaskönyök (bumpkin), orrfa (bumpkin), hátsó kis kitámasztó rúd (bumpkin). (various references) | ||||
Manx | cleah scoidey. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | umkinbay | ||||
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Words beginning with "BUMKIN": bumkins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "BUMKIN" (pronounced 'Bum"kin'): Brodekin, Bumpkin, Buskin, Catkin, Cuskin, Firkin, Gherkin, Girkin, lambkin, Likin, limpkin, Lordkin, Malkin, Mawkin, merkin, Miskin, Morkin, mousekin, Napkin, Perkin, Pipkin, Princekin, Pumpkin, Punkin, Romekin, Rumkin, siskin, Welkin, Wolfkin, Yakin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-i-k-m-n-u" | |
-2 letters: bunk, mink, muni, numb. | |
-3 letters: bin, bum, bun, ink, kin, mib, mun, nib, nim, nub. | |
-4 letters: bi, in, mi, mu, nu, um, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-i-k-m-n-u" | |
+1 letter: bumkins, bumpkin. | |
+2 letters: bumpkins, thumbkin. | |
+3 letters: bumpkinly, multibank, thumbkins. | |
+4 letters: buckraming, bumpkinish, subkingdom. | |
+5 letters: subkingdoms. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 55 4D 4B 49 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- -- -.- .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01010101 01001101 01001011 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B U M K I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0055 004D 004B 0049 004E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)365547454348 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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