bonk

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) lump, clod
2. (masculine) large, coarse man; gorilla, hulk
3. (masculine) large marble (large bead used in games)

Verb

1. (first-person,form-of,indicative,present,singular) inflection of bonken:
2. (form-of,indicative,present,second-person,singular) inflection of bonken:
3. (form-of,imperative) inflection of bonken:

Concepts

lump

piece

bit

chunk

clod

cloth

fabric

canvas

material

oaf

blob

simpleton

soft goods

spare part

structure

swaddle

tammy

textile

web

colorway

Synonyms

stukje

homp

eindje

brok

vod

geweven stof

doek

kleed

textiel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɔŋk/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bonc, bonck, bunck (“bone”), from Old Dutch *bunko, from Proto-Germanic *bunkô (“pile, heap, lump”).
Cognate with West Frisian bonke (“bone”), Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), German Low German Bunk (“bone”), Icelandic buna (“ox-bone”).