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bonk

   [bongk]
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:
perhaps variant of bong1
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bonk (bɒŋk)
 
—vb
1.  (tr) to hit
2.  to have sexual intercourse (with)
 
[C20: probably of imitative origin]
 
'bonking
 
—n

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bonk
"to hit," 1931, probably of imitative origin; 1975 in sense of "have sexual intercourse with."
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bonk definition

[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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