bonk
See also: Bonk
English
Etymology
Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɒŋk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɑŋk/, /bɔŋk/
- 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 UK) To have sexual intercourse.
- Synonyms: boink, discuss Uganda, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with
- 1993, Mike Leigh, Naked:
- Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) What is a proper relationship? / Louise (Lesley Sharp): Living with someone who talks to you after they've bonked ya.
- 2022 October 10, Zoe Williams, “The Tory minister’s ‘bonking for Britain’ idea is a vile vision lurking behind cheeky Carry On imagery”, in The Guardian:
- But let’s not kid ourselves about bonking for Britain: this is just “the great replacement theory” with a tax code.
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.
- (informal, sports) To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.
- Synonym: hit the wall
- 2004, Gary Erickson; Lois Ann Lorentzen, Raising the Bar, Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 29:
- I had eaten five of my six PowerBars. I was exhausted and famished. In cycling they describe what was happening to me as bonking: my body was out of fuel and had no more energy.
Derived terms
- nose bonk
Translations
to strike or collide
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to have sexual intercourse
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Noun
bonk (countable and uncountable, plural bonks)
- (informal, countable) A bump on the head.
- (informal, countable) Any minor collision or blow.
- (informal, countable, chiefly UK) An act of sexual intercourse.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty, New York: Bloomsbury, OCLC 1036692193:
- “ […] 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.
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- (informal, uncountable) A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
- (countable) An animal call resembling "bonk", for example, the call of the pobblebonk.
Derived terms
- bonk bag
- bonk ban
- bonk-on
- nose bonk
Translations
bump on the head
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minor collision
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sexual intercourse
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Anagrams
- knob
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
bonk m (plural bonken, diminutive bonkje n)
- lump, clod
- large, coarse man; gorilla, hulk
- large marble (large bead used in games)
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
bonk
- first-person singular present indicative of bonken
- imperative of bonken