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PRONUNCIATION OF PODUNK

podunk  [ˈpəʊdʌŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PODUNK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Podunk is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PODUNK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

podunk

Podunk

In American English, Podunk, podunk, or Podunk Hollow denotes or describes an insignificant, out-of-the-way, or fictitious town, and is often used in the upper case as a placeholder name in a context of dismissing significance or importance.

Definition of podunk in the English dictionary

The definition of podunk in the dictionary is small and unimportant; insignificant.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PODUNK


adunc
əˈdʌŋk
bunk
bʌŋk
chipmunk
ˈtʃɪpˌmʌŋk
chunk
tʃʌŋk
cyberpunk
ˈsaɪbəˌpʌŋk
debunk
diːˈbʌŋk
drunk
drʌŋk
dunk
dʌŋk
funk
fʌŋk
gunk
ɡʌŋk
hunk
hʌŋk
junk
dʒʌŋk
monk
mʌŋk
punk
pʌŋk
shrunk
ʃrʌŋk
skunk
skʌŋk
slam-dunk
ˌslæmˈdʌŋk
spunk
spʌŋk
sunk
sʌŋk
trunk
trʌŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PODUNK

podomere
podophthalmous
podophylin
podophylin resin
podophyllin
podophyllum
podosphere
podsol
podsolic
podsolisation
podsolise
podsolization
podsolize
podzol
podzolic
podzolisation
podzolise
podzolization
podzolize

WORDS THAT END LIKE PODUNK

blue funk
blunk
clunk
countersunk
crunk
electro-funk
flunk
half-drunk
lunk
plunk
postpunk
preshrunk
punch-drunk
slam dunk
slunk
space junk
stunk
thunk
tree trunk
wardrobe trunk

Synonyms and antonyms of podunk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «podunk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PODUNK

Find out the translation of podunk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of podunk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «podunk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

podunk
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Podunk
570 millions of speakers

English

podunk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Podunk
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

podunk
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Podunk
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

podunk
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

podunk
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

petit village perdu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Podunk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

podunk
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

田舎町
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

podunk
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nyuwun pangapunten
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

podunk
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

podunk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पोडंक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

podunk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Podunk
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Podunk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Podunk
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Podunk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Podunk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

podunk
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

podunk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

podunk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of podunk

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PODUNK»

The term «podunk» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.856 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PODUNK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «podunk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «podunk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about podunk

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PODUNK»

Discover the use of podunk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to podunk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Where The Hell Is Podunk Texas?
A nostalgic look at an East Houston community that for over sixty years has been referred to as "Podunk," and the story of a record-setting basketball game played by the "Podunk Skunks" on March 9, 1948.
Jay Grady, 2005
2
LIFE
This unpromising establishment, splattered with a gale-blown spring snow and bleakly situated at a crossroads on U.S. 169 nine miles south of the town of W interset on the Iowa plains, is Podunk Center. When I stopped there the other day the ...
3
Texas Business Law
Suppose that John Jones of Podunk, Texas, does his banking with the Republic State Bank of Podunk. He deposits to his account a check drawn by Bill Smith upon his account with the Republic State Bank of Podunk. In banking terminology  ...
Evans, Don Alan
4
Soil survey
Podunk Series The Podunk soils arc moderately well drained Alluvial soils. They occur on recent alluvium derived mainly from Potsdam sandstone and granitic rock. The soils occupy narrow first hottoms along the larger streams in the county.
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1958
5
America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America
One authentic vestige is just to the northeast of Hartford, Connecticut, where the little Podunk River appears on the map to this day. Another is a rural area some dozen miles west of Worcester, Massachusetts, encompassing Quaboag Pond ...
Allan Metcalf, David K. Barnhart, 1999
6
The Indian Population of New England in the Seventeenth Century
The Podunk Except for the northern few miles, Hartford County, east of the Connecticut River, was occupied by the Podunk sachemdom, concerning whose strength there has been controversy. Hodge (1910: Part II, p. 271) says merely that the ...
Sherburne Friend Cook, 1976
7
Soil Survey Reports
PODUNK LOAM The surface soil of Podunk loam is brown mellow loam from 8 to 12 inches thick. This is underlain by yellow or brownish-yellow loam which becomes sandy in the deep subsoil. In the areas where drainage is more imperfect ...
‎1925
8
Verbivore's Feast: Second Course : More Word & Phrase Origins
small, unremarkable town of the American hinterlands can go by the catchall moniker Podunk. Podunk, USA, is imagined to be populated by insignificant people going about their ordinary lives. Though we speak of Podunk as a fictive burg, ...
Chrysti M. Smith, 2006
9
Bolton: Historic Tales
Not long after that attack, Uncas and Tontonimo, the Podunk sachem, shared a difficult problem. A Podunk warrior named Weasseapano murdered a Mohegan sagamore living near Mattabesett. Sagamores were very wise warriors who were  ...
Hans De Pold, 2008
10
Soil Survey of ...
bed ; in the larger bottoms the areas are at the edge of the flood plains, where they join the terraces or uplands. Podunk-Kumney fine sandy loams are developed in nearly flat areas, from alluvial deposits derived principally from granitic rocks.
‎1949

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PODUNK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term podunk is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Podunk Festival features song competition
HEBRON — The 19th annual Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival will be held Aug. 6-9 on the Hebron Lions fairgrounds on Route 85 at 347 ... «Journal Inquirer, Jul 15»
2
Video: Victim blames fire on her cousin who 'wanted to get with' her
Like a hillybilly “Romeo and Juliet.” Or a drug-addled, wet-brained, podunk Nicholas Sparks novel. One problem I have, though, is while I never ... «WEEI.com, Jul 15»
3
Film Review: 'Big Significant Things'
As he stops at cheap motels in podunk towns, chats it up with the variably friendly locals, and (on more than one occasion) gets drunk with ... «Variety, Jul 15»
4
Community news for Hebron edition
HEBRON - The Podunk Festival, which had been held in East Hartford, now has a new permanent home at the Lions Fairgrounds in Hebron. «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
5
'Blast from the past' lights up Griswold's bicentennial
"I try to make everything," he said, describing how he crafted his native-style pottery with clay he dug from the Podunk River. He also displayed ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
6
View slideshow
Brad Pitt, David Beckham or Justin Bieber gets a fade in LA and within four hours the trend hits Podunk.” “The fade is one of the most difficult ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
7
Donnie Johnston: With Trump in the race, there is never a dull moment
He's all over the news every night while they're out there in Podunk, Iowa, wading through pig manure to try and get some old farmer to vote for ... «Fredericksburg.com, Jul 15»
8
Dark Was the Night
... forest home 90 miles north, an unidentified cloven-hoofed predator has been spotted in the fictional Podunk of Maiden Woods (Long Island, ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
9
Where do GOP candidates stash their cash? Right here
“The largest issue that we would always have with people is that they'd be like, 'Why would we use this Podunk little bank in McLean, Virginia? «Crain's Chicago Business, Jul 15»
10
China needs to get its people to spend—and that's a lot harder than …
Getting it right will start to unlock that $15 trillion, rather than shifting it through the banking system to be squandered on some Podunk city's ... «Quartz, Jul 15»

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