begunk

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verb

To befool; deceive; balk; jilt.

OriginScots begeck →
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Meanings

verbbegunk (third-person singular simple present begunks, present participle begunking, simple past and past participle begunked)

present singular third person begunks · participle present begunking · participle past begunked · past begunked · alternative begink

  1. ScotlanddialectaltransitiveTo befool; deceive; balk; jilt.
nounbegunk (plural begunks)

plural begunks · alternative begink

  1. ScotlanddialectalAn illusion; trick; cheat.

Origin

  1. Scotsbegeck“to deceive, disappoint”
  2. Englishbegunk

Perhaps from a nasalised variant of Scots begeck (“to deceive, disappoint”), equivalent to be- + geck.

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APA

begunk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begunk

MLA

“begunk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begunk. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “begunk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/begunk.

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