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wonk out

wonk out verb: to be excessively wonky; to obsess over minutiae, especially of technical or political matters.

Verb

wonk out (third-person singular simple present wonks out, present participle wonking out, simple past and past participle wonked out)

  1. (informal) To be excessively wonky; to obsess over minutiae, especially of technical or political matters.

Forms of wonk out

third-person singular presentwonks out
present participlewonking out
past participlewonked out
pastwonked out

Questions about wonk out

What does wonk out mean?
Wonk out means to be excessively wonky; to obsess over minutiae, especially of technical or political matters.
What part of speech is wonk out?
Wonk out is a verb.
What is the past tense of wonk out?
The past tense of wonk out is wonked out.

Words near wonk out in the dictionary

  1. woning
  2. wonings
  3. wonju
  4. wonjus
  5. wonk
  6. wonk out
  7. Wonkaesque
  8. wonkdom
  9. wonked out
  10. wonker
  11. wonkery

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