Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to boondock
Participle: boondocked
Gerund: boondocking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | boondock |
| you | boondock |
| he;she;it | boondocks |
| we | boondock |
| you | boondock |
| they | boondock |
Perfect
| I | have boondocked |
| you | have boondocked |
| he;she;it | has boondocked |
| we | have boondocked |
| you | have boondocked |
| they | have boondocked |
Past
| I | boondocked |
| you | boondocked |
| he;she;it | boondocked |
| we | boondocked |
| you | boondocked |
| they | boondocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had boondocked |
| you | had boondocked |
| he;she;it | had boondocked |
| we | had boondocked |
| you | had boondocked |
| they | had boondocked |
Future
| I | will boondock |
| you | will boondock |
| he;she;it | will boondock |
| we | will boondock |
| you | will boondock |
| they | will boondock |
Future Perfect
| I | will have boondocked |
| you | will have boondocked |
| he;she;it | will have boondocked |
| we | will have boondocked |
| you | will have boondocked |
| they | will have boondocked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | boondock |
| you | boondock |
| he;she;it | boondock |
| we | boondock |
| you | boondock |
| they | boondock |
Perfect
| I | have boondocked |
| you | have boondocked |
| he;she;it | have boondocked |
| we | have boondocked |
| you | have boondocked |
| they | have boondocked |
Imperfect
| I | boondocked |
| you | boondocked |
| he;she;it | boondocked |
| we | boondocked |
| you | boondocked |
| they | boondocked |
Pluperfect
| I | had boondocked |
| you | had boondocked |
| he;she;it | had boondocked |
| we | had boondocked |
| you | had boondocked |
| they | had boondocked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would boondock |
| you | would boondock |
| he;she;it | would boondock |
| we | would boondock |
| you | would boondock |
| they | would boondock |
Perfect
| I | would have boondocked |
| you | would have boondocked |
| he;she;it | would have boondocked |
| we | would have boondocked |
| you | would have boondocked |
| they | would have boondocked |
Imperative
| you | boondock |
| we | Let's boondock |
| you | boondock |
Verbs conjugated like 'boondock'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'boondock'
bollock,
bootjack,
bootlick,
undock,
bedeck,
beduck,
belock,
bemock,
bestock,
block,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bunduk
3. Tagalog bundokbor.
4. English boondock
5. 1910s during or around the Philippine–American War after the Spanish–American War, from Tagalog bundok (“mountain”), adopted by occupying American soldiers serving in the mountains or rural countryside of the American-occupied Philippines under the United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands. The term was reinforced or re-adopted during World War II under the U.S. military, where terms like boondockers (“shoes suited for rough terrain”) came originally in 1944 as U.S. services slang for field boots. It was later shortened to boonies by 1964 originally among U.S. troops serving in the Vietnam War in reference to the rural areas of Vietnam, as opposed to Saigon.
Sample Sentences
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When traveling in the American Southwest, we avoid other people by boondocking in the desert.
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The wise winker also engages in boondocking, a defensive strategy. It involves sending an opponent's winks far from the cup. [2002, Peder Jones, Jay Farness, College Writing Skills, page 160:]