Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An obsolete or dialectal form of
dank . - A dialectal form of
dank .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Australia, slang A car's
engine . - noun Australia, slang A
fool . - noun UK, uncountable A sub-genre of
scouse house music (from a common percussive sound used in it). - noun poker, derogatory A poor player who makes mistakes.
- verb 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 thehandlebar ) or behind (sharing theseat ); to travel as a passenger in such manner. - verb slang, transitive To
hit .
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Examples
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It wasn't on a hill, It was on what was called a donk.
The Seattle Times 2011
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He described the car as a "donk" - a type of Hi-Riser that's popular in south Florida.
Kansas.com: -- Front 2010
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A donk is the unfortunate combination of '70s automobiles and the "Pimp My Ride" low-rider culture of the' 90s and '00s.
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'My poor old "donk,"' he would exclaim; 'there goes his tail.'
Over the Top With the Third Australian Division G. P. Cuttriss
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General Hutton's main force was encamped in a "donk" at the very top of the randt, almost equidistant from Tigerspoort, Zwavelpoort and
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892
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We noticed them in a "donk" (a hollow place) thickly covered with trees and bushes, but not before we were right amongst them.
My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War P. [Illustrator] Van Breda 1892
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Just about every blog comment or tweet I've read about this video has focused more on Erykah's "donk" than even attempting to unpack what the video is trying to convey.
afrobella bella 2010
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Barrow gives Beverley Hughes a lesson on 'donk' music
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It was based on altering people's perceptions and included a music video with lyrics to the latest 'donk' sound, a sort of techno / rap music.
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Those scallies that play "donk" through their "Walkman Phone" ( "Walkman" and "Phone" are two words I never want to hear in the same sentence) because, after the twenty Lambert &
bilby commented on the word donk
"Her only stated purpose appeared to be building more boat ramps to get more white people with dinghies into the water and cheering on the V8 Supercars on their annual Darwin circuit. Indeed, history showed she was attending a Supercar function on the day Brough announced the federal intervention. She had her head down in a high-octane donk and didn't see it coming."
- Paul Toohey, 'Life and Death of a Crisis'.
September 11, 2008
madmouth commented on the word donk
I still don't know what it means (unless, if we're to follow UD in the matter, she put her head down in a high-octane ghetto booty)
May 8, 2009
bilby commented on the word donk
I'll ask Paul next time I see him what he meant.
The only plausible reference that comes to me is the Donk character in the movie Crocodile Dundee. In real life he was an ex-wrestler, in the film he was a pub brawler with an IQ about shoe size.
May 8, 2009
john commented on the word donk
Image search--and this Wikipedia entry--show that it's a car moded with awesomely ginormous wheels. I would *love* to do this to my Prius.
May 9, 2009
alexz commented on the word donk
Jalopnik confims that cars with stupidly large custom wheels are donks
http://jalopnik.com/5977126/hey-jalopnik-this-is-a-donk
January 19, 2013