gonk
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gonk
- /ɡɒŋk/ UK
- /ɡɑŋk/ US
- /ɡɔŋk/ Australia, New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɒŋk
Where it comes from
A proprietary name of arbitrary formation.
noun gonks
- A small fuzzy toy, popularized during wartime.
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A stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.
Blows my fucking mind that the gonks at NYP [New York Post] can even consider the idea of a bloated budget for public schooling. THERE'S NO SUCH THING.
Similar: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead
- A sleep; a nap. I'm going off to have a gonk.
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A prostitute's client.
Similar: all-nighter, curb crawler, fare, gonk, jane, Jane, jockey, john, kerb crawler, monger, muttonmonger, punter
verb gonks · gonking · gonked
- To lie; to tell an untruth You're gonking me!
Talk about this word "gonk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gonk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gonk. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gonk "gonk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gonk.Cite this
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title = {gonk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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