jerkwateradjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈdʒɜːkˌwɔː.tər/us/ˈdʒɝːkˌwɑː.t̬ɚ/US informalused to describe a place that is small, not important, and a long way from other places:
I grew up in a jerkwater town in the middle of nowhere.
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Towns & regions: towns, cities & villages (general)
- aerotropolis
- backwater
- bedroom community
- Cantabrigian
- capital
- citywide
- conurbation
- county borough
- dormitory town
- Greater
- hill station
- hometown
- megacity
- metropolis
- metropolitan
- one-horse town
- port
- settlement
- small-town
- town
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