gonk

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UK/ɡɒŋk/US/ɡɑŋk/Australia, New Zealand/ɡɔŋk/

noun

A small fuzzy toy, popularized during wartime.

“I'm going off to have a gonk.”

Scrabble 9

Meanings

noungonk (plural gonks)

plural gonks

  1. A small fuzzy toy, popularized during wartime.
  2. 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 2026

    Synonyms: addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, baboon, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead

  3. New ZealandslanggovernmentA sleep; a nap.

    I'm going off to have a gonk.

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

present singular third person gonks · participle present gonking · participle past gonked · past gonked

  1. USslangTo lie; to tell an untruth

    You're gonking me!

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Origin

A proprietary name of arbitrary formation.

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APA

gonk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonk

MLA

“gonk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonk. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gonk,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gonk.

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