donk

1. UKuncountableA sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds, or a sound typical of this genre.

   Speaking to both Jax Jones and The Blackout Crew’s founding member MC Vipes on Zoom one Friday afternoon, we talk about tunes that have been improved with a simple donk, and how this meeting of the minds came to fruition.

   2023 December 6, Haiti Rex, “The Blackout Crew on donk’s second coming”, in Dazed

present singular third person donks · participle present donking · participle past donked · past donked

1. slangtransitiveTo hit

   He donked me on the head!

   2 more examples

   He rested my shoulder on the lid of the toilet seat and tried pushing me out feet first, but I sagged in the middle and jack-knifed onto the floor, donking my head on the porcelain.

   2007, Mardi McConnochie, Dangerous Games, page 121

   Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed.

   2011, Susan Brocker, The Wolf in the Wardrobe, unnumbered page

2. CanadaUSintransitiveslangTo mess around, to play

   We can donk all day, boys!

plural donks

1. slangA donkey (the animal).

   ‘But you ought to have seen men when I was breaking in the donks and the nigs to the plough! I had a gin leading the donks; her yelling and tugging and trying to lead them while her buck was yelling behind trying to drive them.’

   1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 242

2. AustraliaslangA car's engine.
3. AustraliaslangA fool.
4. derogatoryslangcard gamesA poor player who makes mistakes.

present singular third person donks · participle present donking · participle past donked · past donked

1. AustraliacolloquialslangTo provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.

   It was the scene where Steve, Blue, Charl and Pricie-ole-man all mount Seldomfed in the dark and rain on their way to rob a neighbour′s orchard. It would very likely raise a reminiscent smile or grin from one who doubled or trebled or quadrupled-donked it to school.

   1947, Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, Sydney, volumes 8-10, page 87

   Synonyms: dink, donkey, double-bank, double-dink, double-donk, double-donkey

2. slangcard gamesTo make a donk bet.

comparative more donk · superlative most donk · alternative dunk

1. Northern EnglandScotlanddamp; moist; wet

alternative dunk

1. Northern EnglandScotlanduncountabledampness; moistness
2. Northern EnglandScotlanduncountableA dense mist or drizzle
3. Northern EnglandScotlanduncountableA mouldy dampness; mouldiness

present singular third person donks · participle present donking · participle past donked · past donked · alternative dunk

1. Northern EnglandScotlandTo moisten; dampen
2. Northern EnglandScotlandTo drizzle

plural donks

1. A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.

plural donks

1. buttocks

   2012, Jemele Hill, Wozniacki's impersonation of Serena wasn't racist https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/8739851/caroline-wozniacki-impersonation-serena-williams-racist Serena Williams has a donk.