bonk
See also: Bonk
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /bɒŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɒŋk
Verb
bonk (third-person singular simple present bonks, present participle bonking, simple past and past participle bonked)
- (informal) To strike or collide with something.
- (informal, chiefly Britain) To have sexual intercourse.
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.
- (informal) To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.
Synonyms
- (to have sexual intercourse): boink
- (experience fatigue): hit the wall
Translations
to strike or collide
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to have sexual intercourse
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Noun
bonk (plural bonks)
- A bump on the head.
- Any minor collision or random meeting.
- (informal, chiefly Britain) An act of sexual intercourse.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 2,
- “ […] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 2,
- A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
Translations
bump on the head
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔŋk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bonk
- Rhymes: -ɔŋk
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bonc, bonck, bunck (“bone”). Cognate with West Frisian bonke (“bone”), Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), German Low German Bunk (“bone”), Icelandic buna (“ox-bone”).
Noun
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
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