Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun plural Rural country or a jungle.
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- noun slang
Boondocks .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Now, what's happening in the boonies is anybody's guess. gpk
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The nice thing about the boonies is that visits by important, interesting people almost never overlap with each other.
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He lives like a hermit out in the boonies, which is weird and sort of spooky.
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For most of us who grow up in the "boonies" and go to school in the East, it's like speaking two languages -- Bill Clinton, for example, is perfectly bilingual.
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It's in the "boonies" as all my friends say and anyone that comes here!
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The "boonies" provide a lot of benefits over already heavily populated areas.
High Speed Chaos Michael Turton 2007
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For most of us who grow up in the "boonies" and go to school in the East, it's like speaking two languages -- Bill Clinton, for example, is perfectly bilingual.
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For most of us who grow up in the "boonies" and go to school in the East, it's like speaking two languages -- Bill Clinton, for example, is perfectly bilingual.
BUSH UNMASKED 2007
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The second, most likely, since I am heading mostly to the "boonies", but time will tell.
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Don't know if she's getting scared of being in the "boonies" like her mother always has been, or if she thought it too cold (she shed into her summer coat weeks ago, way ahead of her Mom and sister), or if she just didn't want to miss the milk leftovers from the boys 'cereal breakfasts.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2001
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