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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Related Words for bonk

blow, bat, shot, punch, swing, knock, crash, pummel, beat, drive, collide, smack, touch, force, lick, tap, clip, butt, slap, collision

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Contemporary Examples of bonk

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 of bonk

The road drops down a tremendous hill into Sandsend, where they talk of going 'up t' bonk' to Lythe Church.
Yorkshire--Coast & Moorland Scenes
Gordon Home

British Dictionary definitions for bonk

bonk

verb informal

(tr) to hit

to have sexual intercourse (with)

Derived Formsbonking, noun

Word Origin for bonk

C20: probably of imitative origin

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Word Origin and History for bonk

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