Noun: boondocks 'boon,dóks
Usage: N. Amer, informal
Usage: N. Amer, informal
- A remote and undeveloped area
"They built a cabin in the boondocks, far from civilization";
- backwoods, back country, hinterland, back of Bourke [Austral, informal], wop-wops [NZ, informal], the sticks [informal], Woop Woop [Austral, informal], boonies [N. Amer, informal]
Derived forms: boondockses
Type of: country, rural area
Encyclopedia: Boondocks