bonked
bonked is the simple past and past participle of bonk.
Meaning of bonk
Verb
bonk (third-person singular simple present bonks, present participle bonking, simple past and past participle bonked)
- To hit or strike; to collide with something.
- Please let it be the cow. No such luck, The 'cow' picked up my big brass telescope and bonked me on the head with it.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 57
- To have sexual intercourse (with).
- Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) What is a proper relationship?
Louise (Lesley Sharp): Living with someone who talks to you after they've bonked ya.1993, Mike Leigh, Naked
- Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) What is a proper relationship?
- To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.
- To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.
- I had eaten five of my six PowerBars. I was exhausted and famished. In cycling they describe what was happening to me as bonking: my body was out of fuel and had no more energy.2004, Gary Erickson, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Raising the Bar, Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 29
- Synonyms:
- hit the wall
Phrases with bonked
Questions about bonked
- What is bonked the simple past and past participle of?
- Bonked is the simple past and past participle of bonk.
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