donk

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋk

Imitative.

donk (uncountable)

1. (Britain, uncountable) A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds.

donk (third-person singular simple present donks, present participle donking, simple past and past participle donked)

1. (slang, transitive) To hit.

   He donked me on the head!

   • 2007, Mardi McConnochie, Dangerous Games, page 121,

     He rested my shoulder on the lid of the toilet seat and tried pushing me out feet first, but I sagged in the middle and jack-knifed onto the floor, donking my head on the porcelain.

   • 2011, Susan Brocker, The Wolf in the Wardrobe, unnumbered page,

     Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed.

A shortening of donkey.

donk (plural donks)

1. (Australia, slang) A car's engine.
2. (Australia, slang) A fool.
3. (poker, derogatory) A poor player who makes mistakes.

donk (third-person singular simple present donks, present participle donking, simple past and past participle 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.
   • 1947, Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, Sydney, Volumes 8-10, page 87,

     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.

• (provide lift on a bicycle): dink, donkey, double-bank, double-dink, double-donk, double-donkey

• donk bet

From Middle English daunke, danke. More at dank.

• dunk

donk (comparative more donk, superlative most donk)

1. (Northern England, Scotland) damp; moist; wet

donk (uncountable)

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

• donkish

donk (third-person singular simple present donks, present participle donking, simple past and past participle donked)

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

From Middle Dutch donc, from Old Dutch dunk, dung (in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *dungz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover; covering”). Possibly related to donker (“dark”).

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• IPA^(key): /dɔŋk/

donk f (plural donken, diminutive donkje n)

1. A sandy hill, typically of glacial origin, protruding above a silty area.
   • 2009, Marjolein Kerkhof, Pijnacker-Nootdorp. Een archeologische verwachtings- en beleidsadvieskaart, in Delfste Archeologische Rapporten 96, Erfgoed Delft/Sidestone Press (publ.), page 48.

     Zoals gezegd vormden de donken zeer aantrekkelijke woonplaatsen tijdens de Steentijd en is de archeologische verwachting in principe hoog.

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   • 2011, Marjan Leunissen for On Track, Picknicken in de natuur. Verrassend op pad in de Randstad, Unieboek | Het Spectrum (publ.), →ISBN, page 103.

     Hoornaar is, net als veel dorpen in de groene Alblasserwaard, ontstaan op een donk: een oude rivierduin die later met klei en veen is bedekt.

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