donk

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/dɒŋk/

Definition of donk

17 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (British, uncountable)A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds.
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noun

  1. (British, uncountable)A sub-genre of Scouse house music containing distinctive percussion sounds.
  2. (slang)A donkey (the animal).
    “‘But you ought to have seen men when I was breaking in the donks and the nigs to the plough! I had a gin leading the donks; her yelling and tugging and trying to lead them while her buck was yelling behind trying to drive them.’”
  3. (Australia, slang)A car's engine.
  4. (Australia, slang)A fool.
  5. (derogatory, slang)A poor player who makes mistakes.
  6. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable)dampness; moistness
  7. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable)A dense mist or drizzle
  8. (Northern-England, Scotland, uncountable)A mouldy dampness; mouldiness
  9. A 1971 to 1976 Chevrolet Caprice or Impala that has been modified, usually by being raised and given bigger wheels.
  10. buttocks
    “2012, Jemele Hill, Wozniacki's impersonation of Serena wasn't racist https://www.espn.com/espnw/news-commentary/story/_/id/8739851/caroline-wozniacki-impersonation-serena-williams-racist Serena Williams has a donk.”

verb

  1. (slang, transitive)To hit
    “He donked me on the head!”
    “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.”
    “Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed.”
  2. (Canada, US, intransitive, slang)To mess around, to play
    “We can donk all day, boys!”
  3. (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.
    “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.”
  4. (slang)To make a donk bet.
  5. (Northern-England, Scotland)To moisten; dampen
  6. (Northern-England, Scotland)To drizzle

adj

  1. (Northern-England, Scotland)damp; moist; wet

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Etymology

Imitative.

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