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donk¹

  • /dɒŋk/

Rhymes with -ɒŋk

Where it comes from

Imitative.

As a genre of music, coined or popularized by band Blackout Crew in their 2008 song "Put a Donk on it".

noun

  1. UK, uncountable A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds, or a sound typical of this genre. Speaking to both Jax Jones and The Blackout Crew’s founding member MC Vipes on Zoom one Friday afternoon, we talk about tunes that have been improved with a simple donk, and how this meeting of the minds came to fruition.

verb donks · donking · donked

  1. slang, transitive To hit He donked me on the head!
  2. Canada, US, intransitive, slang To mess around, to play We can donk all day, boys!

donk²

  • /dɒŋk/

Rhymes with -ɒŋk

Where it comes from

A shortening of donkey.

noun donks

  1. slang A donkey (the animal). ‘But you ought to have seen men when I was breaking in the donks and the nigs to the plough! I had a gin leading the donks; her yelling and tugging and trying to lead them while her buck was yelling behind trying to drive them.’
  2. Australia, slang A car's engine.
  3. Australia, slang A fool.
  4. derogatory, slang A poor player who makes mistakes.

verb donks · donking · donked

  1. Australia, colloquial, slang To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner. It was the scene where Steve, Blue, Charl and Pricie-ole-man all mount Seldomfed in the dark and rain on their way to rob a neighbour′s orchard. It would very likely raise a reminiscent smile or grin from one who doubled or trebled or quadrupled-donked it to school.

    Similar: dink, donkey, double-bank, double-dink, double-donk, double-donkey

  2. slang To make a donk bet.

donk³

  • /dɒŋk/

Rhymes with -ɒŋk

Where it comes from

From Middle English daunke, danke. More at dank.

adjective more donk · most donk · dunk

  1. Northern England, Scotland damp; moist; wet

noun dunk

  1. Northern England, Scotland, uncountable dampness; moistness
  2. Northern England, Scotland, uncountable A dense mist or drizzle
  3. Northern England, Scotland, uncountable A mouldy dampness; mouldiness

verb donks · donking · donked · dunk

  1. Northern England, Scotland To moisten; dampen
  2. Northern England, Scotland To drizzle

donk⁴

  • /dɒŋk/

Rhymes with -ɒŋk

Where it comes from

Originally from Miami, Florida.

noun donks

  1. A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.

donk⁵

  • /dɒŋk/

Rhymes with -ɒŋk

Where it comes from

Possibly from badonkadonk, a variant of badunkadunk.

noun donks

  1. buttocks 2012, Jemele Hill, Wozniacki's impersonation of Serena wasn't racist https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/8739851/caroline-wozniacki-impersonation-serena-williams-racist Serena Williams has a donk.

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@misc{donk_2026,
  title = {donk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/donk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}