boondock
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boondock
- /ˈbuːn.dɒk/ UK
- /ˈbun.dɑk/ US
Where it comes from
1910s during or around the Philippine–American War after the Spanish–American War, from Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by occupying American soldiers serving in the mountains or rural countryside of the American-occupied Philippines under the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands. The term was reinforced or re-adopted during World War II under the U.S. military, where terms like boondockers (“shoes suited for rough terrain”) came originally in 1944 as U.S. services slang for field boots. It was later shortened to boonies by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.
noun boondocks
- A brushy, rural area or location. We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.
- A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away. My family has just rediscovered tiddlywinks. […] [I] haven't quite worked out the boondock!
Similar: See: Thesaurus:remote place, boonies, the sticks, backwoods, backwater, middle of nowhere
verb boondocks · boondocking · boondocked
- To camp in a dry brushy location.
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To stay in a self-contained recreational vehicle without connections to water, electricity, or sewer services, especially in a remote location.
When traveling in the American Southwest, we avoid other people by boondocking in the desert.
Similar: overland, random camping
- To strike a squopped wink and send it flying far away. The wise winker also engages in boondocking, a defensive strategy. It involves sending an opponent's winks far from the cup.
Similar: dry camp
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: See: Thesaurus:remote place, boonies, the sticks, backwoods, backwater, middle of nowhere
verb
Similar: dry camp
Translations
Every language
noun rural area
| Español | barrios lejanos, quintos infiernos |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 僻地 hekichi, 奥地 okuchi |
| 中文 | 窮鄉僻壤 /穷乡僻壤 qióngxiāngpìrǎng |
| Français | cambrousse |
| Deutsch | Einöde, Pampa, Walachei, Kartoffelsteppe, Hundetürkei, vulg. Arsch der Welt |
| Română | coclauri |
| Русский | глушь glušʹ, захолу́стье zaxolústʹje |
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title = {boondock},
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