donk
/dɒŋk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds, or a sound typical of this genre.
British usage; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "He donked me on the head!"
- "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."
- "Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed."
- "We can donk all day, boys!"
- "‘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.’"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: daunke
Usage
- British usage
- Uncountable
- Slang
- Transitive verb
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Intransitive verb
- Australian usage
Inflected Forms
donks (present, singular)
donking (participle, present)
donked (participle, past)
donked (past)
donks (plural)
more donk (comparative)
most donk (superlative)
dunk (alternative)
Derived Forms
donkament
donkish