bonk

== English == === Etymology === Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɒŋk/ (General American) IPA(key): /bɑŋk/, /bɔŋk/ Rhymes: -ɒŋk === Verb === bonk (third-person singular simple present bonks, present participle bonking, simple past and past participle bonked) (informal) To strike or collide with something. (informal, chiefly UK, ambitransitive) To have sexual intercourse (with). Synonyms: boink, discuss Uganda, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with (skateboarding, snowboarding) To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair. (informal, sports) To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion. Synonym: hit the wall ==== Derived terms ==== bonkbuster nose bonk ==== Translations ==== === Noun === bonk (countable and uncountable, plural bonks) (informal, countable) A bump on the head. (informal, countable) Any minor collision or blow. (informal, countable, chiefly UK) An act of sexual intercourse. (informal, uncountable) A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion. (countable) An animal call resembling "bonk", such as the call of the pobblebonk. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === knob == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔŋk/ Hyphenation: bonk Rhymes: -ɔŋk === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch bonc, bonck, bunck (“bone”), from Old Dutch *bunko, from Proto-Germanic *bunkô (“pile, heap, lump”). Cognate with West Frisian bonke (“bone”), Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), German Low German Bunk (“bone”), Icelandic buna (“ox-bone”). ==== Noun ==== bonk m (plural bonken, diminutive bonkje n) lump, clod large, coarse man; gorilla, hulk large marble (large bead used in games) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== bonk inflection of bonken: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative