Meanings
nounponk (plural ponks)
plural ponks
- obsoleteA nocturnal evil spirit.
Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]1 more example
Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]
1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion
Origin
A false reading for pouke; see Puck.
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ponk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponk
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“ponk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponk. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ponk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ponk.
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