boondocks

[ boon-doks ]
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noun(used with a plural verb)Usually the boon·docks .
  1. a remote rural area: The company moved to a small town out in the boondocks.

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

verb (used without object)
  1. boon·dock [boon-dok], /ˈbunˌdɒk/, 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.

Origin of boondocks

1
An Americanism first recorded in 1940–45; from Tagalog bundok “mountain” + -s3 (in locative derivations such as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)

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British Dictionary definitions for boondocks

boondocks

/ (ˈbuːnˌdɒks) /


pl nthe boondocks US and Canadian slang
  1. wild, desolate, or uninhabitable country

  2. a remote rural or provincial area

Origin of boondocks

1
C20: from Tagalog bundok mountain
  • Sometimes shortened to: the Boonies

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