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boondocks

[ boon-doks ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)
  1. a remote rural area:

    The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.

    Synonyms: boonies, backwoods, back country

  2. an uninhabited area with thick natural vegetation, such as a backwoods or marsh.


verb (used without object)

  1. boon·dock [boon, -dok], to camp, especially in a vehicle, in places other than recognized campgrounds, such as in a mall parking lot, a highway rest area, or a field:

    We called the inn to ask if we could boondock with our RV in their parking lot.

boondocks

/ ˈbuːnˌdɒks /

plural noun

  1. wild, desolate, or uninhabitable country
  2. a remote rural or provincial area
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of boondocks1

An Americanism first recorded in 1940–45; from Tagalog bundok “mountain” + -s 3 (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of boondocks1

C20: from Tagalog bundok mountain
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Example Sentences

That this treatment had become fodder for comedy, most notably on The Dave Chappelle Show and The Boondocks, was appalling.

From Time

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Aaron McGruder's The Boondocks has been around for almost 20 and it's come back from the dead more than once.

Last year Boyd was transferred to Haynesville Correctional Center, a medium-security prison deep in the Virginia boondocks.

So he was in Pakistan for almost 10 years, mostly in settled urban centers, not caves in the remote tribal boondocks.

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