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bonk verb [ bɒŋk ]

• hit or strike (someone or something).
• "he bonked his head on the plane's low bulkhead"
• have sex with (someone).
• "I don't think that bonking the boss is a wise career strategy"
• (of a cyclist or runner) reach a point of exhaustion that makes it impossible to go further.
• "I bonked and couldn't pedal another stroke"

bonk noun

• an act or the sound of hitting someone or something.
• "give it a bonk with a hammer"
• an act or instance of having sex.
• a level of exhaustion that makes a cyclist or runner unable to go further.
• "we had the bonk when we were saddle sore"
Origin: 1920s: imitative.


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