Gonkとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A proprietary name of arbitrary formation.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɡɒŋk/
• (General American) IPA: /ɡɑŋk/
• (Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ɡɔŋk/
• 韻: -ɒŋk

名詞

gonk (plural gonks)

1. A small fuzzy toy, popularized during wartime.
2. A stupid, ignorant, or boorish person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idiot, Thesaurus:dork

   • 2026 July 10, u/Blurzerker, “Even his hitpieces make him look good”, in r/BlackPeopleTwitter‎ (Reddit post), archived from the original on 11 July 2026:

     Blows my fucking mind that the gonks at NYP [New York Post] can even consider the idea of a bloated budget for public schooling. THERE'S NO SUCH THING.

3. (New Zealand, military, slang) A sleep; a nap.

   I'm going off to have a gonk.

4. (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

参照

• Eric Partridge (2007), “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 297.

動詞

gonk (third-person singular simple present gonks, present participle gonking, simple past and past participle gonked)

1. (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

   You're gonking me!

関連する語

• gonk out

参照

• Eric Partridge (2013), “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 2nd edition, volumes I–II, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 1017.

アナグラム

• Kong, kong