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Definition of boondie in English: boondienounˈbuːndi Australian A stone. loose boondies shifted under the wide-tyred wheels Example sentencesExamples - Growing up in the bush, we threw boondies at all sorts of targets.
- There were always kids up one end of the street throwing boondies or chasing someone's dog.
- Any bird of prey that happened to fly over one's urban air space copped a barrage of sticks and boondies.
- Hey, look at all the boondies in this pile—let's hide behind it and throw 'em at your sister!
- A small sheet of steel mesh offered some small measure of protection from the thousands of tonnes of boondies.
- Sometimes they clustered so thickly on the stocks that by hurling boondies we could knock them down and take them home to be made into pie.
- See that bastard, practising grenade-throwing with bits of boondies—I done that many a time!
- We flung boondies at each other in the vacant lots of new developments.
- Grandpa's always chucking boondies at Grandma's grave.
- There was a yard full of boondies, just perfect for throwing.
Origin 1930s: origin unknown; perhaps from a Western Australian Aboriginal language. |