Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for
rube
1[ roob ]
noun
Informal.
- an unsophisticated person from a rural area; hick.
Rube
2[ roob ]
noun
- a male given name, form of Reuben.
rube
/ ː /
noun
- slang.an unsophisticated countryman
Discover More
yvlog History and Origins
Discover More
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of rube1
C20: probably from the name Reuben
Discover More
Example Sentences
Examples have not been reviewed.
Speaking from the White House, Trump said that the U.S. had been playing the rube in unbalanced deals with its biggest trading partners.
From
Come for the Rube Goldberg machines, leave feeling like a rube.
From
As the campaign wore on and tightened up after Joe Biden dropped out, Trump was forced to make some "populist" gestures for the rubes.
From
As though his jury of peers — whom he likely considered hapless rubes — would surely agree that putting a “personal friend” of Oprah’s in prison was unthinkable.
From
He is “arrogant, free spending” and such a rube that he has an “$8 haircut.”
From
Advertisement
Related yvlogs
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse