Donk
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É’Å‹k
Full definition of donk
Noun
donk
(plural donks)- (Australia, slang) A car's engine.
- (Australia, slang) A fool.
- (British, uncountable) A sub-genre of scouse house music (from a common percussive sound used in it).
- (poker, derogatory) A poor player who makes mistakes.
Verb
- (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.
- 1947, Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, Sydney, Volumes 8-10, %22donking%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22donked%22|%22donking%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Dx1DT-jrMuvymAXskpjVBA&redir_esc=y page 87,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.
- (slang, transitive) To hit.He donked me on the head!
- 2007, Mardi McConnochie, Dangerous Games, %22donking%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wF5DT5_-HazKmQXK3cWxBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false page 121,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.
- 2011, Susan Brocker, The Wolf in the Wardrobe, %22donking%22+australia+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=wF5DT5_-HazKmQXK3cWxBw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false unnumbered page,Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed.
Synonyms
- (provide lift on a bicycle) dink, donkey, double-bank, double-dink, double-donk, double-donkey