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bonk¹

  • /bɒŋk/ UK
  • /bɑŋk/ US
  • /bɔŋk/ US

Rhymes with -ɒŋk

Where it comes from

Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.

verb bonks · bonking · bonked

  1. informal To hit or strike; to collide with something. Please let it be the cow. No such luck, The 'cow' picked up my big brass telescope and bonked me on the head with it.
  2. UK, ambitransitive, informal To have sexual intercourse (with). Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) What is a proper relationship? Louise (Lesley Sharp): Living with someone who talks to you after they've bonked ya.

    Similar: boink, discuss Uganda, have sex, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh, have intimate relations

  3. To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.
  4. informal To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion. I had eaten five of my six PowerBars. I was exhausted and famished. In cycling they describe what was happening to me as bonking: my body was out of fuel and had no more energy.

    Similar: hit the wall

noun bonks

  1. countable, informal A bump on the head.
  2. countable, informal Any minor collision or blow.
  3. UK, countable, informal An act of sexual intercourse. “[…] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much.
  4. informal, uncountable A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
  5. countable An animal call resembling "bonk", such as the call of the pobblebonk.

Bonk²

Where it comes from

Possibly from Polish Bonk.

proper noun Bonks

  1. A surname.

Translations

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verb to strike or collide

Françaisheurter
Deutschbumsen, ficken
Italianobattere, scontrarsi, sbattere
Русскийударя́ть udarjátʹ, уда́рить udáritʹ, тра́хать tráxatʹ, тра́хнуть tráxnutʹ, баба́хать babáxatʹ, баба́хнуть babáxnutʹ

verb to have sexual intercourse

日本語エッチする etchi suru, 犯す okasu, ファックする fakku suru, やる yaru
中文幹 /干 gàn, 搞 gǎo
Portuguêstransar, coisar
Françaisfaire l'amour
Italianoscopare, trombare, sbattere
Русскийтра́хать tráxatʹ, тра́хнуть tráxnutʹ, поиме́ть poimétʹ, отыме́ть otymétʹ, дрю́чить drjúčitʹ, отдрю́чить otdrjúčitʹ

verb to experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion

Españolquedar sin energía, quedarse sin energías, agotarse, fatigarse, experienciar una pájara

noun bump on the head

Españolchindono, chindondo, bollo, chichón
Françaisbosse
Italianobernoccolo, bozzo, bitorzolo, rigonfiamento
Русскийуда́р udár

noun minor collision

Françaischoc, heurt
Italianourto

noun sexual intercourse

Françaiscoït
Italianoscopata, chiavata
Русскийсовокупле́ние sovokuplénije, тра́ханье tráxanʹje

noun a condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion

Españolpájara

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@misc{bonk_2026,
  title = {bonk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bonk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}