Podunk
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Podunk is an adjective meaning (US) Small, rural, and unimportant.
Meaning
(US) Small, rural, and unimportant.
Example Sentences
You might live in a podunk town if...your Wal-Mart has a hitching post.
"'A Super Bowl win can legitimize us as a town. We're not some small podunk town anymore,'" said Spencer Venable of Indianapolis.
Yes the beautiful time every year when this little podunk town [of Pendleton, Oregon] swells to four or five times her size with Round-Up feverish Cowboy types who chew, spit and chase four-legged critters around a screaming arena….check that….That’s normal…
Synonyms for podunk
Depending on context, synonyms include backwater, boonies, drinkwater, jerkwater.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nowheresville, downing.
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