SINCE 1828
boonies
plural noun
boon·ies
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Definition of boonies
US, informal
: a thinly settled rural area : boondocks
—used with the Out here in the boonies, the electricity goes down in almost every storm.— Stephen KingFor those of us who grew up in the boonies or the burbs, the effort to be chic has long been a sort of metropolitan imperative.— Cooke Goolrick
Synonyms for boonies
Synonyms
boondocks, country, countryside, nowhere, sticks
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