noun
General Slang
bonk
· noun · brummie
A bank or hillside — a slope, usually a steep one.
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Definitions
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A bank, slope or hillside. Standard Brummie / Black Country geography word — a 'pit bonk' is the mound of waste by an old mine, 'tocky bonk' is a sticky muddy slope. Nothing to do with the cycling sense of hitting the wall.
“The kids were sledging down the bonk all afternoon.”
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bonk In A Sentence
The kids were sledging down the bonk all afternoon.
Origin & Usage
Local pronunciation of 'bank'. The Midlands flattened the vowel and kept it that way. Survives in place-names like 'pit bonk' (the spoil-heap mound by an old colliery).
Variants
bonky
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