bonk

[ bongk ]

verb (used with or without object)

, Slang.

1. to hit, strike, collide, etc.:

   to get bonked on the head; cars bonking into each other.

bonk

/ bɒŋk /

verb

1. tr to hit
2. to have sexual intercourse (with)

Derived Forms

• ˈbonking, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of bonk¹

Perhaps variant of bong ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of bonk¹

C20: probably of imitative origin

Example Sentences

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.

From 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.

From Popular-Science

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

From The Daily Beast

Cofer ordered his deputy, Ben Bonk, to fly to California, where Shannon was visiting family.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

He said, "There's a jack as big as a gate-post in that 'ole between the reeds along th' 'igh bonk."

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• beat
• collide
• crash
• drive
• force
• knock
• pummel
• punch
• smack
• touch