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blunk

/blʌŋk/

blunk verb: to blench, blink; turn aside. Also the simple past of blink.

Verb

blunk (third-person singular simple present blunks, present participle blunking, simple past and past participle blunked)

  1. (intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
  2. (Scotland, transitive) To spoil, mismanage.

Proper noun capitalized: Blunk

Blunk (plural Blunks)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

blunk is also the simple past of blink.

Forms of blunk

Verb
third-person singular presentblunks
present participleblunking
past participleblunked
pastblunked
Proper noun
pluralBlunks

Origin of blunk

Apparently a corruption of blenk and/or blink.

Ablaut of blink.

Questions about blunk

What does blunk mean?
Blunk means to blench, blink; turn aside.
What part of speech is blunk?
Blunk can be a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blunk?
Blunk is pronounced /blʌŋk/.
What is the past tense of blunk?
The past tense of blunk is blunked.

Words near blunk in the dictionary

  1. blunger
  2. blungers
  3. blunges
  4. blunging
  5. Blunham
  6. blunk
  7. blunked
  8. blunket
  9. blunkets
  10. Blunkett
  11. blunking

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