Po·dunk (p??d?ngk?)n. Slang A small isolated town, region, or place that is regarded as unimportant.[After Podunk, name of two New England towns, of southern New England Algonquian origin.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.podunk (?p??d??k) adj(of a town, county, college etc) small and unimportant; insignificantCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Po?dunk (?po? d??k) n. any small, insignificant, or inaccessible town. [1660?70; generic use of Podunk, village near Hartford, Ct.] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.