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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 bong¹

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bonk Audio Help   (bŏngk) Pronunciation Key
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.

A blow to the head.
A hollow thud.

[Imitative.]

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"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.

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