boondocks Syllabification: (boon·docks)Pronunciation: /ˈbo͞onˌdäks/Definition of boondocks noun informal rough, remote, or isolated country:we’re out here in the boondocks, miles from a telephoneOrigin: 1940s: boondock from Tagalog bundok 'mountain'boondocks in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of boondocks in the British & World English dictionary