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stonk

/stɒŋk/US/stɑŋk/

stonk noun: a heavy artillery bombardment.

Noun (1)

stonk (plural stonks)

  1. (slang) A heavy artillery bombardment.
  2. (slang, vulgar) A large or intense penile erection.

Verb

stonk (third-person singular simple present stonks, present participle stonking, simple past and past participle stonked)

  1. (slang) To unleash a heavy artillery bombardment.
  2. (slang) To overwhelm or trounce; to defeat decisively.

Noun (2)

stonk (plural stonks)

  1. (Internet, humorous, in plural) A stock, especially a bullish one.
    • Stonk is essentially just a funny way to say “stock” – and once you understand that, it explains everything else that has happened.[2021 January 28, Shelley Hepworth, “What is GameStop, where do the memes come in, and who is winning or losing?”, in The Guardian
    • Long before Reddit, the Yahoo message boards of the late 1990s democratized the expression of strong opinions about stocks (they didn’t call them “stonks” in those days).[2021 February 4, Neil Irwin, “How to Win at the Stock Market by Being Lazy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (Internet, humorous) A profitable thing or scheme.

Examples of stonk in a sentence

  • Other so-called “stonks” – an intentional misspelling of “stocks” – favoured by retail traders on sites such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets also shot higher.[2021 February 25, Mark Sweney, “GameStop shares surge again as trading frenzy returns”, in The Guardian:
  • It’s all part of our wild new YOLO FOMO LOL economy, where stonks only go up, memes count as financial advice and stimmies buy Hemis.2021 April 25, Erin Griffith, “We’re All Crypto People Now”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Forms of stonk

Noun
pluralstonks
Verb
third-person singular presentstonks
present participlestonking
past participlestonked
paststonked

Origin of stonk

Uncertain. Possibly of imitative origin. Compare stomp.

Deliberate misspelling of stock, possibly under the influence of stink in reference to stocks relating to amateur or bad decisions, or financial loss. Compare stronk (“strong”), thonk (“think”).

Words formed from stonk

Words that rhyme with stonk

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Questions about stonk

What does stonk mean?
Stonk means a heavy artillery bombardment.
How do you use stonk in a sentence?
Other so-called “stonks” – an intentional misspelling of “stocks” – favoured by retail traders on sites such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets also shot higher.
What part of speech is stonk?
Stonk can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce stonk?
Stonk is pronounced /stɒŋk/ (UK).
What is the plural of stonk?
The plural of stonk is stonks.

Words near stonk in the dictionary

  1. stonish
  2. stonished
  3. stonishes
  4. stonishing
  5. stonishment
  6. stonk
  7. stonkbroker
  8. stonked
  9. stonker
  10. stonkered
  11. stonkering

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