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

Learn to fuel and hydrate to make sure you don’t bonk on a shorter run.

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2022

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

I bonk my head on the inside of my sleep cell as a soft voice speaks over the ship’s comm system, jolting me awake.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

bonk

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