gonk

A proprietary name of arbitrary formation.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɒŋk/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɑŋk/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɡɔŋk/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɒŋk

gonk (plural gonks)

2. A small fuzzy toy, popularized during wartime.
4. A stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot, Thesaurus:dork

6. (New Zealand, military, slang) A sleep; a nap.

   I'm going off to have a gonk.

8. (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

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gonk (third-person singular simple present gonks, present participle gonking, simple past and past participle gonked)

2. (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

   You're gonking me!

• gonk out

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