gonk
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Gonks from an Australian fairground in the late 1970s (sense 1)
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒŋk/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑŋk/
- (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɡɔŋk/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋk
Noun
gonk (plural gonks)
- A small fuzzy toy, popularized during wartime.
- A stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot, Thesaurus:dork
- (New Zealand, military, slang) A sleep; a nap.
- I'm going off to have a gonk.
- (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client
References
- Eric Partridge (2007) “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 297.
Verb
gonk (third-person singular simple present gonks, present participle gonking, simple past and past participle gonked)
Related terms
References
- Eric Partridge (2013) “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd edition, volumes I–II, Abingdon, Oxon., New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1017.