English Explanatory Dictionary

the sticks

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A remote, rural area; a place that is removed from civilization such as the boondocks.
  2. The set of yardage markers used by a chain crew to indicate the ten yards between the line of scrimmage from the previous first down and the line to gain, which the offense must reach in their series of four downs in order to retain possession of the ball.

Pronunciation

En-au-the sticks.ogg

Word forms

the sticks

Etymology

Possibly derived from 1800s Chinook Jargon stick (“tree, forest”), from English stick.

Synonyms

backwoods boonies boondocks hinterland middle of nowhere Isolated town bump in the road jerkwater jerk-water jerkwater town one-horse town wide spot in the road Isolated place arse end of nowhere back of beyond back forty backcountry backwater beyond the black stump boondock bumfuck middle of nowhere bumfuck nowhere dullsville edge of the earth edge of the world ends of the earth ends of the world north forty off the beaten track out of the way sticks the sticks Actual places back o' Bourke Outer Mongolia Timbuktu Tuktoyaktuk Fictional places Anytown BFE Bumblefuck Bumfuck Egypt Idaho Iowa Kansas Minnesota Nowhere Ohio Buttfuck East Bumfuck East Jesus Hicksville Nowheresville Podunk Squedunk Whateverville wop-wops Woop Woop the chains
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