wonk out in English

Forms: wonks out [present, singular, third-person], wonking out [participle, present], wonked out [participle, past], wonked out [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} wonk out (third-person singular simple present wonks out, present participle wonking out, simple past and past participle wonked out)

Inflected forms

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        "To be excessively wonky; to obsess over minutiae, especially of technical or political matters."
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        "(informal) To be excessively wonky; to obsess over minutiae, especially of technical or political matters."
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        "(informal) To be excessively wonky; to obsess over minutiae, especially of technical or political matters."
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"wonk out" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms