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bonks

  • present tense form
    of bonk (3rd person singular).
    bonk
    verb (used with or without object)
    to hit, strike, collide, etc..

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My jaw is so misshapen that I can feel it wriggle out of joint whenever I open wide enough for a sandwich or a yawn, until it bonks back into place.

From New York Times May 3, 2022

“When an elite runner bonks, their performance decline in absolute terms is smaller than when the rec runner bonks.”

From Slate Nov. 3, 2016

The shipping is a tad bonks, so you might want to go in with a few friends and share the pain.

From New York Times Dec. 13, 2010

Equipped with log slides, stump jibs, trashcan bonks, gap jumps, rope ollies, barrel jibs, old logo banners and all of the big jeans and flannel you can handle.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she sits up without thinking, she bonks her head.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti