podunk

Po·dunk

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [poh-duhngk]
- /ˈpoʊ dʌŋk/
- /ˈpotəŋk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poh-duhngk]
- /ˈpoʊ dʌŋk/

Definitions of podunk word

noun podunk any small and insignificant or inaccessible town or village: After a year in the big city, I was ready to move back to Podunk. 1
adjective podunk (of a town, county, college etc) small and unimportant; insignificant 0
noun podunk any hypothetical or actual small town in the U.S., regarded as typically dull, insignificant, etc. 0

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Origin of podunk

First appearance:

before 1660

One of the 46% oldest English words

1660-70, Americanism; generic use of Podunk, village near Hartford, Conn.

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Parts of speech for Podunk

noun

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preposition

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determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Podunk

podunk popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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podunk usage trend in Literature

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