bonk

[ bongk ]

/ bɒŋk /

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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.

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Origin of bonk

Perhaps variant of bong¹

Words nearby bonk

Bonin Islands, bonism, Bonita, bonito, bonjour, bonk, bonkbuster, bonkers, bon marché, bon mot, Bonn

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How to use bonk in a sentence

The most obvious is that the tails of your skis are waving around behind you, bonking into your friends’ helmets, and making the skis positively deadly in crowded spaces like a gondola line.
How to Carry Your Skis with Comfort and Confidence|aheard|February 24, 2022|Outside Online
As long as human beings have been walking around the planet, we’ve been getting into situations and fights where a head can get seriously bonked.
Even more proof that crows are terrifyingly smart|PopSci Staff|November 10, 2021|Popular-Science
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|DAILY BEAST
Cofer ordered his deputy, Ben Bonk, to fly to California, where Shannon was visiting family.
The First American: Excerpt from Henry Crumpton’s ‘The Art of Intelligence’|Henry A. Crumpton|May 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST

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
He said, "There's a jack as big as a gate-post in that 'ole between the reeds along th' 'igh bonk."
The Yeoman Adventurer|George W. Gough

British Dictionary definitions for bonk

bonk

/ (bɒŋk) /

verb informal

(tr) to hit

to have sexual intercourse (with)

Derived forms of bonk

bonking, noun

Word Origin for bonk

C20: probably of imitative origin

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