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donk en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Imitative. As a genre of music, coined or popularized by band Blackout Crew in their 2008 song "Put a Donk on it".

Meanings

  1. (UK, uncountable) A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds, or a sound typical of this genre.
    • Speaking to both Jax Jones and The Blackout Crew’s founding member MC Vipes on Zoom one Friday afternoon, we talk about tunes that have been improved with a simple donk, and how this meeting of the minds came to fruition. 2023 December 6, Haiti Rex, “The Blackout Crew on donk’s second coming”, in Dazed:

wikipedia: Blackout Crew

donk en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Imitative. As a genre of music, coined or popularized by band Blackout Crew in their 2008 song "Put a Donk on it".

Meanings

  1. (slang, transitive) To hit
    • Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed. 2011, Susan Brocker, The Wolf in the Wardrobe, unnumbered page:
    • He rested my shoulder on the lid of the toilet seat and tried pushing me out feet first, but I sagged in the middle and jack-knifed onto the floor, donking my head on the porcelain. 2007, Mardi McConnochie, Dangerous Games, page 121:
    • He donked me on the head!
  2. (Canada, US, intransitive, slang) To mess around, to play
    • We can donk all day, boys!

Forms

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donked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
donked Tense=Past lexicographic
donks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
donking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

wikipedia: Blackout Crew

donk en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

A shortening of donkey.

Meanings

  1. (slang) A donkey (the animal).
    • ‘But you ought to have seen men when I was breaking in the donks and the nigs to the plough! I had a gin leading the donks; her yelling and tugging and trying to lead them while her buck was yelling behind trying to drive them.’ 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 242:
  2. (Australia, slang) A car's engine.
  3. (Australia, slang) A fool.
  4. (derogatory, slang) A poor player who makes mistakes.

Forms

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donks Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

donkament

donk en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

A shortening of donkey.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, colloquial, slang) To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.
    • It was the scene where Steve, Blue, Charl and Pricie-ole-man all mount Seldomfed in the dark and rain on their way to rob a neighbour′s orchard. It would very likely raise a reminiscent smile or grin from one who doubled or trebled or quadrupled-donked it to school. 1947, Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, Sydney, volumes 8-10, page 87:
  2. (slang) To make a donk bet.

Forms

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donks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
donked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
donked Tense=Past lexicographic
donking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

donk bet

Synonyms

double-donk (provide lift on a bicycle) · double-dink (provide lift on a bicycle) · dink (provide lift on a bicycle) · double-bank (provide lift on a bicycle) · double-donkey (provide lift on a bicycle) · donkey (provide lift on a bicycle)

donk en · ADJ · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English daunke, danke. More at dank.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland) damp; moist; wet

Forms

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most donk Degree=Sup lexicographic
more donk Degree=Cmp lexicographic
dunk alternative lexicographic

donk en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English daunke, danke. More at dank.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable) dampness; moistness
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable) A dense mist or drizzle
  3. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable) A mouldy dampness; mouldiness

Forms

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dunk alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

donkish

donk en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

From Middle English daunke, danke. More at dank.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland) To moisten; dampen
  2. (Northern-England, Scotland) To drizzle

Forms

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donking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dunk alternative lexicographic
donks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
donked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
donked Tense=Past lexicographic

donk en · NOUN · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Originally from Miami, Florida.

Meanings

  1. A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.

Forms

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donks Number=Plur lexicographic

donk en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • /dɒŋk/
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Possibly from badonkadonk, a variant of badunkadunk.

Meanings

  1. buttocks
    • 2012, Jemele Hill, Wozniacki's impersonation of Serena wasn't racist https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/8739851/caroline-wozniacki-impersonation-serena-williams-racist Serena Williams has a donk.

Forms

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donks Number=Plur lexicographic