bonkv.
/bɒŋk/, U.S. /bɑŋk/, /bɔŋk/ Originally British.
1. colloquial.
a. transitive. To strike (something hard or unyielding), esp. with an audible, typically hollow-sounding, heavy thump; to bump, to bang.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > forcibly or violently
knocka1340
runa1425
rap1440
jowlc1470
dauda1572
sousea1593
bedash1609
bob1612
hit1639
bump1673
bebump1694
boup1715
bonk1929
prang1952
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > become non-resonant [verb (intransitive)] > non-resonant impact sound > thud
soss1789
thud1796
flump1816
whump1897
phut1901
bonk1929
whunk1935
clonk1963
1929 Butterfly 2 Feb. 4/2 (in figure) He suddenly bonked that big slice of ice with a stick.
1937 N. Hunter Professor Branestawm's Treasure Hunt i. 13 The carrier men..bonked and rattled and squerked the package through the almost too small doorway and set it down with a thump.
1963 Observer 10 Nov. 1/1 Each time a golfer wearing it raises his head while making a shot the pendulum bonks him in the face.
1984 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. 55/1 This snake came out. My grandfather pulled this wrench out of the plower and he bonked it on the head.
2009 Church Times 27 Nov. 32/4 We have a glass of wine to celebrate, and the collie bonks his tail against the chair in joy.
b. intransitive. To strike something hard or unyielding, esp. with an audible, typically hollow-sounding, heavy thump; to bump or bang (into, on, etc.); to make an abrupt thumping or clunking noise.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide
hurtle1340
to strike together1340
thrusta1400
fray1483
concura1522
shock1575
to knock together1641
intershock1650
bulgea1676
collide1700
rencounter1712
clash1715
ding1874
bonk1947
1947 P. Larkin Let. 11 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 142 Great hammers bonking on clots of white hot metal.
1960 K. Amis Take Girl like You iv. 49 The heavy door creaked and bonked shut.
1967 Time 19 May 109/1 Skelton got a concussion bonking into a ‘break-away’ door.
1986 Washington Post 25 May h2/5 The dreaded saber-toothed tiger..came prowling by, bonking into things.
2012 Chicago Daily Herald (Nexis) 8 Sept. (Sports section) 14 The kick bonked off the crossbar and trickled over for the trey.
2. transitive. Military slang. To shell (an enemy). rare.
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1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 286 Bonk, to, to shell; generally in the passive.
3. slang.
a. transitive. To have sexual intercourse with (a person).The more common word in North American use is boink (see boink v. 2).
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity with [verb (transitive)] > have sexual intercourse with
mingeOE
haveOE
knowc1175
ofliec1275
to lie with (or by)a1300
knowledgec1300
meetc1330
beliea1350
yknowc1350
touchc1384
deala1387
dightc1386
usea1387
takec1390
commona1400
to meet witha1400
servea1400
occupy?a1475
engender1483
jangle1488
to be busy with1525
to come in1530
visitc1540
niggle1567
mow1568
to mix one's thigh with1593
do1594
grind1598
pepper1600
yark1600
tumble1603
to taste of1607
compressc1611
jumble1611
mix?1614
consort?1615
tastea1616
bumfiddle1630
ingressa1631
sheet1637
carnal1643
night-work1654
bump1669
bumble1680
frig?c1680
fuck1707
stick1707
screw1719
soil1722
to do over1730
shag1770
hump1785
subagitatec1830
diddle1879
to give (someone) onec1882
charver1889
fuckeec1890
plugc1890
dick1892
to make a baby1911
to know (a person) in the biblical sense1912
jazz1920
rock1922
yentz1924
roll1926
to make love1927
shtupa1934
to give (or get) a tumble1934
shack1935
bang1937
to have it off1937
rump1937
tom1949
to hop into bed (with)1951
ball1955
to make it1957
plank1958
score1960
naughty1961
pull1965
pleasurea1967
to have away1968
to have off1968
dork1970
shaft1970
bonk1975
knob1984
boink1985
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1975 Foul: Football's Alternative Paper Mar. 9/4 (caption) Rita is currently being bonked by the entire Aston Villains defence!
1986 Daily Tel. 29 Oct. 14/8 Fiona..has become so frustrated that she has been bonking the chairman of the neighbouring constituency's Conservative association.
1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Mar. 14/2 You could work out exactly who was bonking whom on which great estate.
2008 A. Lister Swingers: Female Confidential 217 I figured I could put up with someone bonking me for half an hour.
b. intransitive. To have sexual intercourse.Usually with a couple as the subject of the verb.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > engage in sexual activity [verb (intransitive)] > have sexual intercourse
playOE
to do (also work) one's kindc1225
bedc1315
couple1362
gendera1382
to go togetherc1390
to come togethera1398
meddlea1398
felterc1400
companya1425
swivec1440
japea1450
mellc1450
to have to do with (also mid, of, on)1474
engender1483
fuck?a1513
conversec1540
jostlec1540
confederate1557
coeate1576
jumble1582
mate1589
do1594
conjoin1597
grind1598
consortc1600
pair1603
to dance (a dance) between a pair of sheets1608
commix1610
cock1611
nibble1611
wap1611
bolstera1616
incorporate1622
truck1622
subagitate1623
occupya1626
minglec1630
copulate1632
fere1632
rut1637
joust1639
fanfreluche1653
carnalize1703
screw1725
pump1730
correspond1756
shag1770
hump1785
conjugate1790
diddle1879
to get some1889
fuckeec1890
jig-a-jig1896
perform1902
rabbit1919
jazz1920
sex1921
root1922
yentz1923
to make love1927
rock1931
mollock1932
to make (beautiful) music (together)1936
sleep1936
bang1937
lumber1938
to hop into bed (with)1951
to make out1951
ball1955
score1960
trick1965
to have it away1966
to roll in the hay1966
to get down1967
poontang1968
pork1968
shtup1969
shack1976
bonk1984
boink1985
1984 B. McConville & J. Shearlaw Slanguage of Sex 34/2 ‘They're not even bonking any more.’.. Entirely cross-sexual, with women being just as likely to say they bonk as are men.
1987 Sun 21 Feb. 20/7 It certainly looked like she and the boy were bonking.
1994 J. Barth Once upon Time 133 Young Georgia and Whitey bonking upstairs at Three Oh One Aurora, while the Twenties roar their last!
2005 G. Critser Generation Rx i. 60 An attractive fiftyish couple at the beach, smiling as if ready to bonk at any moment.
4. intransitive. Of a cyclist, runner, etc.: to reach a point of exhaustion, so as to be unable to go further; to suffer from ‘the bonk’ (bonk n. 2).
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1978 G. Mirkin & M. Hoffman Sportsmedicine Bk. v. 44/1 One novice runner [of a marathon]..had 'bonked' and took a swing at me when I tried to pick him up.
1989 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 11 June e1 I came to a complete stop with excruciating leg cramps. I had ‘bonked’, as cyclists say.
2004 R. Askwith Feet in Clouds xxvii. 272 I'm starting to bonk, and I'm not even halfway.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
bonkint.n.
/bɒŋk/, U.S. /bɑŋk/, /bɔŋk/ Originally British.
A. int.
Representing an abrupt, typically hollow-sounding, heavy thumping noise, as of a blow, or one hard or unyielding object striking another. Also reduplicated.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > non-resonant sound [interjection] > thud
thud1880
plonk1903
whump1915
bonk1929
1929 Butterfly 26 Jan. 8/1 (in figure) [Sound made by blow with a saucepan] Bonk.
1933 Joker 3 June 1/1 I let fly, and—bonk!—I biffed him one on the hip-pocket.
1977 Washington Post 4 June c2/1 One girl guarded her resonating bells from bypassers who thought they might as well go bonk-bonk as they strolled past.
1986 Guardian 27 Dec. 30/7 This geezer come at me—38 stone tub of lard in a loincloth—and, bonk! It's all over.
2004 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 9 Sept. 3 ‘Bonk,’ went the chess board as it bounced off Brandon's winning head.
B. n.
1.
a. A bump, a knock; an abrupt, heavy blow or impact.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > non-resonance > [noun] > non-resonant impact sound > thud
daud1596
sosh1687
soss1718
devel1787
dump1820
thud1825
duff1859
pob1871
thrump1871
clump1891
plonk1903
plodding1905
plup1911
wumph1913
whump1915
whomp1926
whumping1928
clonking1930
bonk1933
bonking1944
thuck1948
doof1989
1933 G. Sinclair Cannibal Quest iii. 66 I was walking with two other men through a cultivated cocoanut plantation with no more to fear than..a bonk on the head from a falling cocoanut.
1944 J. Cary Horse's Mouth xii. 46 Sara..got a bonk on the conk.
1991 Model Engineer 15 Mar. 315/2 Give it a bonk with a hammer to make sure it stays there.
2004 Telegram & Gaz. (Worcester, Mass.) 24 Sept. c4 One day, Sylvia is in a traffic accident and a bonk on the head turns her into an insatiable sex addict.
b. An abrupt, typically hollow-sounding, heavy thumping noise, as of a blow, or one hard or unyielding object striking another.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of blow or fall > [noun]
smitea1200
smita1425
yark1555
riprapc1580
brattlea1600
verberation1609
whack1737
whang1770
swash1789
plunk1809
tack1821
pong1823
snop1849
thunge1849
knap1870
thung1890
pow1931
thunk1952
bonk1957
1957 A. R. Manvell & J. Huntley Technique Film Music iii. 168 Sketches of cogs, gears, belt-drives, looms and engines..are shown to an orchestration of clangs, clicks, whirrs and ‘bonks’.
1972 J. Burmeister Running Scared vii. 95 The resonant bonk of a tennis racket.
1992 Atlantic Dec. 101/1 What were those dull bonks I heard this morning?
2014 Kent & Sussex Courier (Nexis) 18 July 5 She had heard ‘a bonk’ and thought she had hit a badger.
2. Sport slang. Frequently with the. A sudden feeling of exhaustion, disorientation, or nausea experienced by racing cyclists, runners, etc., during a race, typically making it impossible to go further; an attack or onset of this condition. Cf. bonk v. 4.The more common word in North American use is boink (see boink n. 2).
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun] > specific
breathlessness1612
overfatigue1727
standstill1788
footsoreness1849
heat exhaustion1861
staleness1868
burn-out1903
chronic fatigue1908
driver fatigue1922
bonk1952
the wall1974
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > qualities of sportsperson > sudden attack of fatigue
bonk1952
1952 Daily Mail 14 Apr. 2/8 He hoped to ward off that sinking feeling which comes after prolonged effort and which athletes call ‘bonk’.
1954 C. R. Woodard Sci. Training for Cycling (ed. 2) ix. 61 With the proper mental outlook and adequate training..you seldom develop the ‘bonk’, ‘hunger-knock’ or ‘the shakes’.
1978 R. Watson & M. Gray Penguin Bk. Bicycle vi. 255 The British call this attack of nauseous weakness the ‘Bonk’.
1983 Times 1 July 12/2 ‘You've got to watch out for the bonk.’.. ‘The bonk’ is a sudden collapse of the blood sugar level, instantly bringing on delirium and delusion.
1999 Winnipeg Free Press 22 Aug. e3/1 Divers are hired..to be on the look-out for competitors who suffer ‘bonk’.
2016 J. Sumner Bicycling Compl. Bk. Road Cycling Skills (ed. 2) xxxii. 132 When you're trying to stave off a bonk, you can actually find what you need in a convenience store.
3. slang. An act of sexual intercourse. Cf. bonk v. 3, bonking n. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse > an act of
swivec1560
fall1594
sleep1612
fuck1663
merry bout1780
stroke1785
screw?c1845
charver1846
fuckeea1866
sex act1888
frigc1890
grind1893
mount1896
poke1902
tumble1903
screwing1904
ride1905
roll1910
trick1926
lay1932
jump1934
bang1937
knock1937
shag1937
a roll in the hay1945
boff1956
naughty1959
root1961
shtup1964
home run1967
seeing to1970
legover1975
bonk1978
zatch1980
boink1989
1978 M. Amis Success iv. 85 I'd really set up camp down there and make bloody sure she had a great time so it wouldn't matter that much when I didn't get a bonk.
1986 Private Eye 13 June 8/1 Competition to guess the meaning of the letters ‘GB’... Suggestions..include ‘Great Bonk’, ‘Ginger Bush’, ‘Geoff Barnard’ and ‘Georgie Best’.
1993 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 4 Mar. 14/2 While we are safely tucked up in bed, the aristocracy is driving hundreds and hundreds of miles for a boff or a bonk or whatever you like to call it.
2002 V. Coren & C. Skelton Once more, with Feeling iii. 25 We have seen films where the nervous director has ruined his own characterisation and plot by serving up a bonk too quickly.
Compounds
bonk bag n. Cycling slang a lightweight shoulder bag for carrying light food that can be eaten while racing so as to prevent ‘the bonk’ (see sense B. 2); cf. musette n. 4.
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the world > food and drink > food > container for food > [noun] > container for provisions > for light food
bonk bag1978
1978 R. Watson & M. Gray Penguin Bk. Bicycle ii. 65 Musettes or bonk-bags..avoid the problems caused by heavier paraphernalia.
1983 Times 1 July 12/2 The cyclists may use up to 6,000 calories during a race; to stave off ‘the bonk’ they nibble constantly from small snacks in the ‘bonk-bags’ they all wear.
1998 Independent (Nexis) 27 Aug. 2 My grown-up young family still gasp with disbelief when their father casually asks if any one has seen his ‘bonk bag’ before he sets out on a long cycle ride.
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