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English
Etymology
A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
Pronunciation
Noun
ponk (plural ponks)
- (obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit.
1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion:Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging
Anagrams
Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
ponk m inan
- workbench
Declension
Declension of ponk (velar masculine inanimate)
Slovak
Etymology
From German.
Pronunciation
Noun
ponk m inan
- (regional, Eastern Slovakia) workbench
- Synonym: hoblica
Declension
Declension of
ponk (pattern
dub)
Further reading
- “ponk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024