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Bonk

Definition: Bonk

Bonk

Verb

1. Have sexual intercourse with; "This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm"; "Adam knew Eve" (know is archaic); "Were you ever intimate with this man?".

2. Hit hard.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Specialty Definition: Bonk

DomainDefinition

Slang

Verb. Source: Both mean to hit. Definition: To hit, not very hard. Context: When a person hits to an object which is not snow purposely. Like tree and snow man. Social Source: Snowboarders. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)
 Verb. Source: Australian. Definition: To have sex. Context: Usually used when gossiping. Social Source: The Willcox Gang. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms: Bonk

Synonyms: bang (v), bash (v), be intimate (v), bed (v), bop (v), do it (v), eff (v), fuck (v), get it on (v), get laid (v), have a go at it (v), have intercourse (v), have it away (v), have it off (v), have sex (v), hump (v), jazz (v), know (v), lie with (v), love (v), make love (v), make out (v), screw (v), sleep with (v), sock (v), whap (v), whop (v). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Bonk

Specialty definitions using "bonk": bonk/oif. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Bonk" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (bit, lump, piece).

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Modern Usage: Bonk

DomainUsage

Screenplays

The expression is bonk. (Good Morning, Miami; writing credit: James Grissom; David Kohan)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Bonk

DomainTitle

Books

  • Bonk!: Goes the Ball (Rookie Readers. Level B) (reference)

  • Creak, Thump, Bonk!: A Very Spooky Mystery (reference)

  • Neptuns Reich an der Spree : Berliner Brunnen von Begas bis Bonk, 12.8. bis 21.9.86, Galerie im Kèornerpark (reference)

  • The Ha Ha Bonk Book (reference)

  • Videoarbeiten, 1981-1991 : ein Werkverzeichnis mit Texten von Ecke Bonk und Fritz Grosz (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Bonk".

PlayCaption
Bonk; bang; bat; bell ringer; belt; biff; blow; buffet; bump; butt; chop; clash; clip; clout; collision; cuff; fisticuff; glance; haymaker; impact; knock; leather; lick; one-two; one-two punch; paste; pat; plunk; punch; rap; rap; roundhouse; shock; shot; .
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Bonk

"Bonk" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Bonk" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)60%12101,599
Lexical Verb (infinitive)30%6143,867
Lexical Verb (base form)10%2245,945
                    Total100.00%20N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Bonk

The following table summarizes the usage of "bonk" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
BonkLast name1,00013,578
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Bonk

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "bonk": bonk-famine.

Ending with "bonk": anti-bonk, dinkety-bonk.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bonk

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

bonk

58

radek bonk

11

bonk brain

5

bonk spank

4

america bonk

4

super bonk

3

bonk head

3

bonk ottawa radek senator

2

bonk girlfriend radek

2

bonk one

2

bonk halo i

2

bonk picture

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Bonk

Language Translations for "bonk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

bumsen (ball, bang, bonking, bump, clout, hammer, have sex, kick, lay, screw, shag, thump). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

kupán vág (to bonk sy on the head), kupán csap (to bonk sy on the head), fejbe csap (to bonk sy on the head). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onkbay.(various references)

   

Thai

  

การมีเพศสัมพันธ์ (bed, friar tuck). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Bonk

Derivations

Words beginning with "bonk": bonked, bonkers, bonking, bonks. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Bonk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: benk, blonk, bnk, Bnoc, boek, Bohnke, boink, bok, bonc, bonko, bonky, Bonnke, bork, bowk, Boyko, bunki, Bunuk. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Bonk"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "bonk" (pronounced bÄ"ngk)
3-Ä" ng kbronc, conch, conk, honk.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Bonk

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: knob.

Words within the letters "b-k-n-o"

-1 letter: kob, nob.

-2 letters: bo, no, on.

 Words containing the letters "b-k-n-o"
 

+1 letter: bonks, bunko, knobs.

 

+2 letters: beckon, beknot, bodkin, bohunk, bonked, broken, bunkos, knobby.

 

+3 letters: bangkok, bannock, beckons, beknots, betoken, bodkins, bohunks, bonkers, bonking, bonnock, bookend, booking, bookman, bookmen, boomkin, bowknot, broking, bunkoed, bunkoes, inkblot, knobbed, knobbly, linkboy, nonbank, nonbook, unblock, unbroke.

 

+4 letters: backbone, bangkoks, bankbook, banknote, bankroll, bannocks, beckoned, beckoner, bespoken, betokens, blocking, bobolink, bonnocks, bontebok, bookends, bookings, boomkins, boondock, bowknots, brokenly, brokings, brooking, bunkoing, doorknob, handbook, hornbook, hymnbook, inkblots, ironbark, kingbolt, knobbier, knoblike, knowable, linkboys, nonbanks, nonblack, nonbooks, notebook, skyborne, snowbank, songbook, steenbok, steinbok, stopbank, sunblock, unblocks, unbroken.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Sounds
7. Usage Frequency
8. Names: Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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