Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quonk

/ˈkwɒŋk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quonk
IPA: /ˈkwɒŋk/

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Unwanted noise picked up by a microphone in a broadcasting studio.

Uncountable

noun

Audience chatter that disturbs the performer.

Uncountable

noun

The honking sound of certain birds.

Countable

verb

To produce unwanted noise.

Intransitive verb

verb

To honk.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The microphone quonked, caused the speakers to emit an electronic belch which looped and reverberated […]"
"As we pushed among the reeds in the swamp, the grebes could be heard quonking in the buckbrush or beyond it."
"[…] no goose was heard there, but lower down we heard some "quonking," […]"

Etymology

Imitative.

Usage

Inflected Forms

quonks (plural) quonks (present, singular) quonking (participle, present) quonked (participle, past) quonked (past)

Rhymes With

mont blanc honk conch tonk bonk donk plonk bronc conk zonk gonk squonk

Questions

How do you pronounce quonk?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɒŋk/.
What does quonk mean?: Unwanted noise picked up by a microphone in a broadcasting studio.
Where does quonk come from?: Imitative.

How to pronounce quonk

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