bonk

[bongk]

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verb (used with or without object) Slang.

to hit, strike, collide, etc.: to get bonked on the head; cars bonking into each other.

Origin of bonk

perhaps variant of bong¹

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Examples from the Web for bonk

Contemporary Examples

Maybe Bonk would get to California before Shannon heard the news.
The First American: Excerpt from Henry Crumpton’s ‘The Art of Intelligence’
Henry A. Crumpton
May 14, 2012

Historical Examples

The road drops down a tremendous hill into Sandsend, where they talk of going 'up t' bonk' to Lythe Church.
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British Dictionary definitions for bonk

bonk

verb informal

(tr) to hit
to have sexual intercourse (with)

Derived Formsbonking, noun

Word Origin

C20: probably of imitative origin

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Word Origin and History for bonk

v.

"to hit," 1931, probably of imitative origin; 1975 in sense of "have sexual intercourse with." Related: Bonked; bonking.

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Examples from the Web for bonk

Contemporary Examples

Maybe Bonk would get to California before Shannon heard the news.

Historical Examples

The road drops down a tremendous hill into Sandsend, where they talk of going 'up t' bonk' to Lythe Church.

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Word Origin and History for bonk

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