Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.
Meanings
(countable, informal) A bump on the head.
(countable, informal) Any minor collision or blow.
(UK, countable, informal) An act of sexual intercourse.
“[…] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much. 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 2, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:
(informal, uncountable) A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
(countable) An animal call resembling "bonk", such as the call of the pobblebonk.
fi törmääminen (minor collision) · fi pano (sexual intercourse) · es chichón (bump on the head) · es bollo (bump on the head) · it bernoccolo (bump on the head) · ru уда́р (bump on the head) · fr heurt (minor collision) · it rigonfiamento (bump on the head) · it urto (minor collision) · es chindondo (bump on the head) · it chiavata (sexual intercourse) · fr coït (sexual intercourse) · fr bosse (bump on the head) · it bitorzolo (bump on the head) · es pájara (a condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion) · ca bony (bump on the head) · it bozzo (bump on the head) · ru совокупле́ние (sexual intercourse) · fr choc (minor collision) · ru тра́ханье (sexual intercourse) · it scopata (sexual intercourse) · es chindono (bump on the head)
Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.
Meanings
(informal) To hit or strike; to collide with something.
Please let it be the cow. No such luck, The 'cow' picked up my big brass telescope and bonked me on the head with it. 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 57:
(UK, ambitransitive, informal) To have sexual intercourse (with).
Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) What is a proper relationship?
Louise (Lesley Sharp): Living with someone who talks to you after they've bonked ya. 1993, Mike Leigh, Naked:
But let’s not kid ourselves about bonking for Britain: this is just “the great replacement theory” with a tax code. 2022 October 10, Zoe Williams, “The Tory minister’s ‘bonking for Britain’ idea is a vile vision lurking behind cheeky Carry On imagery”, in The Guardian:
Because most of the blokes I fancy think l'm stupid and pointless—and, so, they just bonk me and then leave me. And the kind of blokes that do fancy me, I think are drips. I can't even be bothered to bonk them. Which does sort of leave me a bit nowhere. 1994, Richard Curtis, Four Weddings and a Funeral, spoken by Scarlett (Charlotte Coleman):
To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.
(informal) To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.
I had eaten five of my six PowerBars. I was exhausted and famished. In cycling they describe what was happening to me as bonking: my body was out of fuel and had no more energy. 2004, Gary Erickson, Lois Ann Lorentzen, Raising the Bar, Jossey-Bass, →ISBN, page 29:
ru потра́хаться (to have sexual intercourse) · ja やる (to have sexual intercourse) · ru тра́хнуться (to have sexual intercourse) · ru столкну́ться (to strike or collide) · ru тра́хаться (to have sexual intercourse) · ru дрю́читься (to have sexual intercourse) · fi törmätä (to strike or collide) · fr faire l'amour (to have sexual intercourse) · es quedarse sin energías (to experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion) · it sbattere (to strike or collide) · cs šukat (to have sexual intercourse) · ru тра́хнуть (to have sexual intercourse) · ru тра́хать (to have sexual intercourse) · it scopare (to have sexual intercourse) · it battere (to strike or collide) · cmn 幹 /干 (to have sexual intercourse) · ru баба́хать (to strike or collide) · cs souložit (to have sexual intercourse) · pt coisar (to have sexual intercourse) · ru ста́лкиваться (to strike or collide) · it scontrarsi (to strike or collide) · es fatigarse (to experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion) · ru ударя́ть (to strike or collide) · es agotarse (to experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion) · fi bylsiä (to have sexual intercourse) · es experienciar una pájara (to experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion) · fr heurter (to strike or collide) · it sbattere (to have sexual intercourse) · pt transar (to have sexual intercourse) · ja ファックする (to have sexual intercourse) · ru дрю́чить (to have sexual intercourse) · es quedar sin energía (to experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion) · cs šoustat (to have sexual intercourse) · cs píchat (to have sexual intercourse) · ja 犯す (to have sexual intercourse) · ru тра́хать (to strike or collide) · it trombare (to have sexual intercourse) · ru уда́рить (to strike or collide) · fi panna (to have sexual intercourse) · ru поиме́ть (to have sexual intercourse) · cmn 搞 (to have sexual intercourse) · ru отыме́ть (to have sexual intercourse) · de bumsen (to strike or collide) · fi hässiä (to have sexual intercourse) · ja エッチする (to have sexual intercourse) · ru баба́хнуть (to strike or collide) · ru тра́хнуть (to strike or collide) · ru отдрю́чить (to have sexual intercourse) · de ficken (to strike or collide) · ru отдрю́читься (to have sexual intercourse)