boondock
(tiddlywinks) A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.
ˈbuːn.dɒkDocumented since 1910s1910sSilenthistorical186 viewsLast reviewed Jun 29, 2026＋ Add a definition
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(tiddlywinks) A shot that strikes a squopped wink and sends it flying far away.
It was hard to respect his opinion after he'd called their humble but respectable town "a godforsaken boondock."
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(US) To camp in a dry brushy location.
When traveling in the American Southwest, we avoid other people by boondocking in the desert.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026
(US, with article, almost always plural) A brushy, rural area or location.
We got lost out in the boondocks, miles from anywhere.
Origin: 1910s during or around the Philippine–American War after the Spanish–American War, from , 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 came originally in 1944 as U.S. services slang word 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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