-ɒŋks <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span> pl (plural only) (slang, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A long time (especially a longer time than expected); ages Haven’t seen him in <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span>! I’ve...
Modern coinage; compare Kyle and Tyson, Bryson. Kyson A male given name originating as a coinage. <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span>...
long time. It took years for the bus to come. (unusually long time): ages, <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span>, for ever, donkey's years, donkey's Areys, Ayers, Ayres, Rayes, Reays, Sayer...
slang) A pair of scissor binoculars. ages donkey's years years and years <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span> donkey's years Gary Martin (1997–) “Donkey's years”, in The Phrase Finder...
Synonyms: ages, (UK slang) donkey's years, eternity, (UK slang) years, <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span> I've been waiting a lifetime for a train. time all in a lifetime, all in...
time): an age, ages, centuries, donkey's years, hours, a lifetime, years, <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span>; see also Thesaurus:eon (antonym(s) of “existence outside of time”): sempiternity...
nation. Not bad for an 18-year-old”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 16: “<span class="searchmatch">Yonks</span>,” he replies when I ask how long he's been stateside. “It's not like I've...
-iɾa Deverbal from tirar. tira f (plural tires) strip (colloquial) ages, <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span> 1994, Isabel-Clara Simó, Raquel, 22nd edition, Bromera, published 2004,...
in her house. (countable, hyperbolic) A long time. Synonyms: eternity, <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span>; see also Thesaurus:eon It’s been an age since we last saw you. (countable)...
bailles, bye From bailler. bail m (plural baux) lease (contract) (colloquial) <span class="searchmatch">yonks</span>, ages 2004, David Foenkinos, Le potentiel érotique de ma femme: Il disait...