See twonk on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "twit",
"3": "plonker"
},
"expansion": "Blend of twit + plonker",
"name": "blend"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Blend of twit + plonker",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twonks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "twonk (countable and uncountable, plural twonks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English blends",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 35 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 37 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 37 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 37 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1985, Only Fools and Horses (TV series), \"It's Only Rock and Roll\" (episode)",
"text": "You dozy little twonk, Rodney. You bang again on the roof of my van like that and it won't be Frankie Goes to Hollywood, it'll be Rodney goes to hospital."
},
{
"ref": "2015 February 11, Trev Downey, “Reasons to Believe”, in The Liverpool Offside:",
"text": "The absolute state of you, Downey, you utter twonk. Like you have anything to do with the outcome of the bloody match! You need to confine this superstition malarkey to a flaming skip.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A stupid person."
],
"id": "en-twonk-en-noun-NdWfaHUB",
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, slang, countable) A stupid person."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"countable",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "48 52",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English blends",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "43 35 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 37 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 37 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 37 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What twonk you are talking!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Nonsense; rubbish."
],
"id": "en-twonk-en-noun-yV7fFzcH",
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/twɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"British"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twonk.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋk"
}
],
"word": "twonk"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Possibly onomatopoeic",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twonks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "twonking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "twonked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "twonked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "twonk (third-person singular simple present twonks, present participle twonking, simple past and past participle twonked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "British English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "43 35 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 37 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English onomatopoeias",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "39 37 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "41 37 22",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To hit or slap."
],
"id": "en-twonk-en-verb-bT~s1Af5",
"links": [
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
[
"slap",
"slap"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, British, slang) To hit or slap."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/twɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"British"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twonk.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋk"
}
],
"word": "twonk"
}
{
"categories": [
"English blends",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English onomatopoeias",
"English uncountable nouns",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "twit",
"3": "plonker"
},
"expansion": "Blend of twit + plonker",
"name": "blend"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Blend of twit + plonker",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twonks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "twonk (countable and uncountable, plural twonks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English countable nouns",
"English slang",
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1985, Only Fools and Horses (TV series), \"It's Only Rock and Roll\" (episode)",
"text": "You dozy little twonk, Rodney. You bang again on the roof of my van like that and it won't be Frankie Goes to Hollywood, it'll be Rodney goes to hospital."
},
{
"ref": "2015 February 11, Trev Downey, “Reasons to Believe”, in The Liverpool Offside:",
"text": "The absolute state of you, Downey, you utter twonk. Like you have anything to do with the outcome of the bloody match! You need to confine this superstition malarkey to a flaming skip.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A stupid person."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, slang, countable) A stupid person."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"countable",
"slang"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples",
"English uncountable nouns"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "What twonk you are talking!",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Nonsense; rubbish."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, slang, uncountable) Nonsense; rubbish."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"slang",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/twɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"British"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twonk.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋk"
}
],
"word": "twonk"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English onomatopoeias",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk/1 syllable"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "Possibly onomatopoeic",
"forms": [
{
"form": "twonks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "twonking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "twonked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "twonked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "twonk (third-person singular simple present twonks, present participle twonking, simple past and past participle twonked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English slang",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To hit or slap."
],
"links": [
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
[
"slap",
"slap"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive, British, slang) To hit or slap."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/twɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"British"
]
},
{
"audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-twonk.wav",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-twonk.wav.ogg"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒŋk"
}
],
"word": "twonk"
}
Download raw JSONL data for twonk meaning in All languages combined (3.8kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (f90d964 and 9dbd323). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.