jerkwater town
jerkwater town noun: a small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.
Noun
jerkwater town (plural jerkwater towns)
- A small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.
- Synonyms:
- tank town, one-horse town, Podunk, Isolated town, bump in the road, jerkwater, jerk-water, wide spot in the road, Isolated place, arse end of nowhere
Synonyms of jerkwater town
- tank town
- one-horse town
- Podunk
- Isolated town
- bump in the road
- jerkwater
- jerk-water
- wide spot in the road
- Isolated place
- arse end of nowhere
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- back of beyond
- back forty
- backcountry
- backwater
- backwoods
- provinces
- beyond the black stump
- boondock
- boondocks
- boonies
- bumfuck nowhere
- dullsville
- edge of the earth
- edge of the world
- ends of the earth
- ends of the world
- hinterland
- middle of nowhere
- 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
Forms of jerkwater town
| plural | jerkwater towns |
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Origin of jerkwater town
See jerkwater.
Questions about jerkwater town
- What does jerkwater town mean?
- Jerkwater town means a small town with minimal facilities and conveniences.
- What part of speech is jerkwater town?
- Jerkwater town is a noun.
- What is the plural of jerkwater town?
- The plural of jerkwater town is jerkwater towns.
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