tunk

Noun (1)

tonk (plural tonks)

1. (US, derogatory, slang) An illegal immigrant of any country.
   • 1990: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, Confirmation Hearings on Federal Appointments: Hearings Before the Committee - An agent, Larry Moy, when asked to define the derivation of the term “tonk,” replied: “...it's the sound of flashlight hitting somebody's head, tonk"....

Noun (2)

tonk (countable and uncountable, plural tonks)

1. (slang) An item or items of value, or of perceived value, especially for sale.
   • How much tonk have we got to shift?

Noun (3)

tonk (uncountable)

1. A matching card game, combining features of knock rummy and conquian.
   • It has big deep-down chairs and a card table by the window covered with jade, dracena and doctor plants until they want to have card games or play tonk between themselves.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 13

Noun (4)

tonk (plural tonks)

1. A sound produced by knocking on something hollow.
2. (colloquial) A resounding strike of the ball; a powerful hit of the ball with the bat.

Noun (5)

tonk (plural tonks)

1. (slang) A tank.

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