different between bonk vs heep

English

Etymology

Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b??k/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /b??k/, /b??k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Verb

bonk (third-person singular simple present bonks, present participle bonking, simple past and past participle bonked)

1. (informal) To strike or collide with something.
2. (informal, chiefly Britain) To have sexual intercourse.

   Synonyms: boink, discuss Uganda, have sex; see also Thesaurus:copulate, Thesaurus:copulate with
3. (skateboarding, snowboarding) To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair.
4. (informal) To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.

   Synonym: hit the wall

Translations

Noun

bonk (plural bonks)

1. (informal) A bump on the head.
2. (informal) Any minor collision or blow.
3. (informal, chiefly Britain) An act of sexual intercourse.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury, 2005, Chapter 2,

     “ […] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much.

4. A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
5. An animal call resembling "bonk", for example, the call of the pobblebonk.

Translations

Anagrams

• knob

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??k/
• Hyphenation: bonk
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bonc, bonck, bunck (“bone”). Cognate with West Frisian bonke (“bone”), Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), German Low German Bunk (“bone”), Icelandic buna (“ox-bone”).

Noun

bonk m (plural bonken, diminutive bonkje n)

1. lump, clod
2. large, coarse man; gorilla, hulk
3. large marble (large bead used in games)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

bonk

1. first-person singular present indicative of bonken
2. imperative of bonken

English

Noun

heep (plural heeps)

1. (obsolete) The hip of the dog rose.

Anagrams

• hep E