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bonk

  [bongk]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Slang.
to hit, strike, collide, etc.: to get bonked on the head; cars bonking into each other.
Origin:
perh. var. of bong 1
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bonk   (bŏngk)   
v.   bonked, bonk·ing, bonks

v.   tr.
To strike or cause to come into contact: She bonked her head going through the low doorway.
v.   intr.
To collide against something: His head bonked against the wall as he fell.
n.  

  1. A blow to the head.

  2. A hollow thud.


[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
bonk [bɔŋk]

  1. tv.
    to strike one's head. : He bonked his head on the shelf.
  2. tv.
    to strike someone on the head. : I bonked John on the head.
  3. tv. & in.
    to copulate [with] someone. (Usually objectionable.) : She bonked him all night. At least that's what he said.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

bonk 
"to hit," 1931, probably of imitative origin; 1975 in sense of "have sexual intercourse with." Bonkers "crazy," 1957, British slang, perhaps from earlier naval slang meaning "slightly drunk" (1948), from notion of a thump on the head.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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