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boon·docks

(bo͞on′dŏks′)

pl.n. Slang

1. Wild and dense brush; jungle.

2. Rural country; the backwoods.

[Originally military slang used by American soldiers engaging guerrillas in the Philippines before World War II, from Tagalog bundok, mountain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk, elevated ground.]

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boondocks

(ˈbuːnˌdɒks)

pl n

1. wild, desolate, or uninhabitable country

2. a remote rural or provincial area

Sometimes shortened to: the Boonies

[C20: from Tagalog bundok mountain]

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boon•docks

(ˈbunˌdɒks)

n. the, (used with a pl. v.)

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

2. a remote rural area.

[1905–10, Amer.; < Tagalog bundok mountain + -s³ (in locative derivations as the sticks, the dumps, etc.)]

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Noun

boondocks - a remote and undeveloped area

back country, backwoods, hinterland

rural area, country - an area outside of cities and towns; "his poetry celebrated the slower pace of life in the country"

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Urwald

boondocks

[ˈbuːndɒks] NPL (US) out in the boondocks → en el quinto pino

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boondocks

pl (US inf: = backwoods) → Wildnis f; in the boondocks → irgendwo, jwd (inf)

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