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boondocks

boon·docks
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [boon-doks]
    • /ˈbunˌdɒks/
    • /ˈbuːn.dɒks/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [boon-doks]
    • /ˈbunˌdɒks/

Definitions of boondocks word

  • noun plural boondocks If you say that someone lives in the boondocks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities. 3
  • noun plural boondocks wild, desolate, or uninhabitable country 3
  • noun plural boondocks a remote rural or provincial area 3
  • noun plural boondocks a jungle or a wild, heavily wooded area; wilderness 3
  • noun plural boondocks any remote rural or provincial region; hinterland 3
  • noun boondocks an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, as a backwoods or marsh (usually preceded by the). 1

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Origin of boondocks

First appearance:

before 1940
One of the 7% newest English words
1940-45, Americanism; < Tagalog bundok mountain + -s3 (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)

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Parts of speech for Boondocks

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

boondocks popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

boondocks usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for boondocks

noun boondocks

  • backwoods — If you refer to an area as the backwoods, you mean that it is a long way from large towns and is isolated from modern life.
  • country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
  • bush — A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.
  • hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
  • sticks — a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.

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