gonk
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The second film in the popular animated gonk karaoke franchise bypassed cinemas and went straight to VOD, catering to a grateful audience of frazzled families grasping for entertainment options.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2020
I tried to count the beat in my head, and by tapping on my thigh: “DAH-doonk, dah-doonk, dah-doonk, gonk gonk.”
From Slate • Feb. 26, 2014
People still voted him through after he performed Bohemian Rhapsody in the style of a slowly deflating helium gonk, so there's no telling what might happen.
From The Guardian • Jun. 1, 2012
Doesn't it soften the edges, dismiss the reality of a person's struggles, render a grown man cuddly and belittled, like a sort of gonk?
From The Guardian • Aug. 24, 2011
A plaintive gonk rose as she prodded a laggard from the dank gutter.
From The Goose Girl by MacGrath, Harold
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