different between gonk vs gork

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

English

Etymology

1970–75; perhaps back-formation from gorked (slang), meaning "anesthetized"; apparently an expressive coinage.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /????k/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /???k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k

Noun

gork (plural gorks)

1. (medicine, slang, offensive) A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
2. (medicine, slang, offensive) A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function.
3. (slang) A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.

Verb

gork (third-person singular simple present gorks, present participle gorking, simple past and past participle gorked)

1. (medicine, slang) To sedate a patient heavily.

Related terms

• gorked

Anagrams

• grok