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bonk

[bongk] / bɒŋk /
NOUN
hit
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bat blow punch shot swing
STRONG
bang belt box buffet butt chop clip clout collision cuff glance impact knock lick paste pat plunk rap roundhouse shock slap slog smack smash sock spank stroke swat swipe tap uppercut wallop whammy whop zap zinger
WEAK
bell-ringer fisticuff one-two punch
VERB
strike
Synonyms
STRONGEST
beat collide crash drive force knock pummel punch smack touch
STRONG
bang bash box buffet chastise clash clobber clout conk cuff hammer impel percuss plant pop pound punish slap slug sock swat thrust thump wallop whop
WEAK
boff bump into run into smash into
Antonyms
WEAK
miss not touch tap

Example Sentences

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Deputy Arthur Perry, who arrived at Stoneman Douglas during the shooting, testified Friday that when he tried to use his radio he only got a “bonk, bonk, bonk” noise.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Bitcoin is on the charge in 2023, dragging the crypto market off the floor and electrifying bonk, a new meme coin.

From Reuters • Jan. 17, 2023

I don’t want to have to wonder whether or not the protagonists of these videos lived to tell the tale; I just want to see some toddlers not bonk their heads on tables.

From Slate • Aug. 29, 2018

Elsewhere, Jeffrey Donovan plays a fake psychic who starts having real visions after a bonk to the head in “Shut Eye.”

From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2016

“You know, cheering, excitement, rah, rah, rah. The whole school gets together to watch the players bonk helmets and beat their chests.”

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman