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 ]
adj. unsophisticated in a manner resembling a lifelong resident of rural areas;
n. an act of kicking a football (as for a field goal) in which the football is dropped and kicked as it touches the ground. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. (Zool.) Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus
n. [ Dim. of OF. nape a tablecloth, cloth, F. nappe, L. mappa. See Napery. ]
Napkin pattern.
paper napkin,
n. [ Dim. of Pipe. ] A small earthen boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ For older pompion, pompon, OF. pompon, L. pepo, peponis, Gr. &unr_;, properly, cooked by the sun, ripe, mellow; -- so called because not eaten till ripe. Cf. Cook, n. ] (Bot.) A well-known trailing plant (Cucurbita pepo) and its fruit, -- used for cooking and for feeding stock; a pompion. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pumpkin seed.
‖n. [ From the native name. ] (Zool.) Any edible sea urchin. [ Alaska ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. knot which slips along the rope or line around which it is made. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
A great, stout servant girl, with cheeks as red as her topknot. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Small outlays for repairs or upkeep of buildings. A. R. Colquhoun. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]