headbonk

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noun

An affectionate bump with the head, typically by an animal; headbump

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounheadbonk (plural headbonks)

plural headbonks

  1. An affectionate bump with the head, typically by an animal; headbump
verbheadbonk (third-person singular simple present headbonks, present participle headbonking, simple past and past participle headbonked)

present singular third person headbonks · participle present headbonking · participle past headbonked · past headbonked

  1. transitivetypically of an animalTo affectionately bump with the head.

    They're all extremely affectionate, and all of them like to sit on our laps, snuggle up next to us on the sofa, headbonk us while we're trying to write, and do all the 'cuddly' things people think of with cats -- only none of them likes to be picked up.

    2001 May 6, viole...@yahoo.com, “Cat Hates Being Picked Up”, in alt.cats (Usenet)
    1 more example

    we hear from the laundry room(eyes) "mew mew mew mew" then one of our kitties, IttyBitty, answered and here came the kitten! lil tail up eyes bright trot trot trt over to IttyBitty who headbonked him and started washing him then showed him where the food (eyes) was!!!!!!

    2006 February 7, ghyie, “a kitten walked into our kitchen thursday am”, in alt.support.dissociation (Usenet)

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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