bonk

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /bɒŋk/
• Rhymes: -ɒŋk

bonk (third-person singular simple present bonks, present participle bonking, simple past and past participle bonked)

1. (informal) To strike or collide with something.
2. (informal, chiefly Britain) To have sexual intercourse.
3. (skateboarding, snowboarding) 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.

• (to have sexual intercourse): boink
• (experience fatigue): hit the wall

bonk (plural bonks)

1. A bump on the head.
2. Any minor collision or random meeting.
3. (informal, chiefly Britain) An act of sexual intercourse.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 2,

     “ […] 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. A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.

• knob

• IPA^(key): /bɔŋk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bonk
• Rhymes: -ɔŋk

From Middle Dutch bonc, bonck, bunck (“bone”). Cognate with West Frisian bonke (“bone”), Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), German Low German Bunk (“bone”), Icelandic buna (“ox-bone”).

bonk m (plural bonken, diminutive bonkje n)

1. lump, clod
2. large, coarse man; gorilla, hulk
3. large marble (large bead used in games)

See the etymology of the main entry.

bonk

1. first-person singular present indicative of bonken
2. imperative of bonken