Meanings
plural gonks
- A stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.
Blows my fucking mind that the gonks at NYP [New York Post] can even consider the idea of a bloated budget for public schooling. THERE'S NO SUCH THING.
2026 July 10, u/Blurzerker, “Even his hitpieces make him look good”, in r/BlackPeopleTwitter (Reddit post), archived from the original on 11 Jul 2026Synonyms: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead
- UKslangcrimeA prostitute's client.
Synonyms: all-nighter, curb crawler, fare, jane, Jane, jockey, john, kerb crawler
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.
nounA prostitute's client.
Origin
A proprietary name of arbitrary formation.
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Cite this entry
gonk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonk
“gonk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonk. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonk.
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