different between gink vs gonk

English

Etymology

Unknown but possibly from similar senses of kink or geck. Cf. geek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k/

Noun

gink (plural ginks)

1. (originally US slang) A guy, a fellow, especially (derogatory) a foolish, unworldly, or socially inept man.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 23:

     Adrian felt that it was he who had brought Tom into notice and popularity, that Tom was his own special creation. The silent spotty gink of the first year had been transformed into someone admired and imitated and Adrian wasn't sure how much he liked it.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:person, Thesaurus:man, Thesaurus:friend; Thesaurus:dork, Thesaurus:fool

References

• “gink, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2017

Anagrams

• King, king

English

Pronunciation

Noun

gonk (plural gonks)

1. A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops.
2. A stupid, ignorant, and/or boorish person.
3. (New Zealand, military, slang) A sleep; a nap.

   I'm going off to have a gonk.

4. (Britain, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

Synonyms

• (stupid person): see Thesaurus:dork / Thesaurus:idiot
• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

References

• Eric Partridge (2007) , “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN

Verb

gonk (third-person singular simple present gonks, present participle gonking, simple past and past participle gonked)

1. (Britain, slang, with "out") To sleep.

2. (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

References

• Eric Partridge (2007) , “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Kong, kong