How to pronounce boondocks
American English pronunciation
BOON-doks
- IPA
- /ˈbunˌdɑks/
- Syllables
- BOON · doks (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What boondocks means
Rough, faraway country with no towns nearby
In a sentence: Their cabin is way out in the boondocks, an hour from the nearest store.
Where it comes from: It comes from bundok, a word for mountain in Tagalog, a language of the Philippines. English speakers changed the sound a little.
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