Podunk Syllabification: (Po·dunk)Pronunciation: /ˈpōˌdəNGk/Definition of Podunk noun [usually as modifier] informal a hypothetical small town regarded as typically dull or insignificant:she lived in a Podunk town notable for nothing except the girls' school where she taught artOrigin: mid 19th century: a place name of southern New England, of Algonquian originPodunk in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Podunk in the British & World English dictionary