bonk UK /bɒŋk/US /bɑŋk/noun 5verb 4forms 3 noun5 •(informal) A bump on the head. •(informal) Any minor collision or blow. •(UK, informal) An act of sexual intercourse. •(informal) A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion. •An animal call resembling "bonk", such as the call of the pobblebonk. verb4 •To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair. •(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 •(UK, 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 •(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 formsbonked · bonking · bonks
