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quonking

quonking is the present participle and gerund of quonk.

Meaning of quonk

Verb

quonk (third-person singular simple present quonks, present participle quonking, simple past and past participle quonked)

  1. (intransitive) To produce unwanted noise.
    • The microphone quonked, caused the speakers to emit an electronic belch which looped and reverberated […]2004, Alastair Scott, Stuffed Lives
  2. (intransitive) To honk.
    • As we pushed among the reeds in the swamp, the grebes could be heard quonking in the buckbrush or beyond it.1902, Cooper Ornithological Society, The Condor

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Questions about quonking

What is quonking the present participle and gerund of?
Quonking is the present participle and gerund of quonk.

Words near quonking in the dictionary

  1. quondongs
  2. quoniam
  3. quoniams
  4. quonk
  5. quonked
  6. quonking
  7. quonks
  8. Quons
  9. quonset
  10. Quonset hut
  11. Quonset huts

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