"ronk" meaning in English

See ronk in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: ronks [present, singular, third-person], ronking [participle, present], ronked [participle, past], ronked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ronk (third-person singular simple present ronks, present participle ronking, simple past and past participle ronked)
  1. (UK, intransitive, slang) To stink; to smell very bad. Tags: UK, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-ronk-en-verb-DXW2Xz3A Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 82 12 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 15 5

Inflected forms

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