"gonk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɒŋk/ Audio: En-au-gonk.ogg [Australia] Forms: gonks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gonk (plural gonks)
  1. A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stopped. Categories (topical): People, Prostitution, Stock characters
    Sense id: en-gonk-en-noun-77WfNqhC Disambiguation of People: 46 23 2 25 1 3 Disambiguation of Prostitution: 35 34 8 19 2 2 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 34 12 24 12 8 10
  2. A stupid, ignorant, and/or boorish person. Categories (topical): Prostitution Synonyms (stupid person): dork, Thesaurus:idiot
    Sense id: en-gonk-en-noun-1Vn7GAq- Disambiguation of Prostitution: 35 34 8 19 2 2 Disambiguation of 'stupid person': 13 63 0 23
  3. (New Zealand, military, slang) A sleep; a nap. Tags: New-Zealand, slang Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-gonk-en-noun-VXYzOu4C Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 15 24 18 14 12 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  4. (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Crime, Prostitution Synonyms (prostitute's client): prostitute's client
    Sense id: en-gonk-en-noun-Uu~lEHYG Disambiguation of Prostitution: 35 34 8 19 2 2 Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of "prostitute's client": 2 2 0 96

Verb

IPA: /ɡɒŋk/ Audio: En-au-gonk.ogg [Australia] Forms: gonks [present, singular, third-person], gonking [participle, present], gonked [participle, past], gonked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} gonk (third-person singular simple present gonks, present participle gonking, simple past and past participle gonked)
  1. (UK, slang, with "out") To sleep. Tags: UK, slang Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-gonk-en-verb-1T5ola59 Disambiguation of Sleep: 15 11 28 6 38 1 Categories (other): British English
  2. (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-gonk-en-verb-tR3SuKPg Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for gonk meaning in English (5.4kB)

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