Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. a mythical creature, said to inhabit Pennsylvanian forests and to dissolve into a pool of tears if captured
Examples
“Seconds Out is good (we used to play squonk), but Three Sides Live is crisper.”
“As it charged it gave forth an unexpectedly farcical roar that Flinx could only describe as a squonk.”
“The creativity and musicianship here is top-flight but also accessible, so you don't have to be an avant-squonk aficionado to appreciate it.”
“His wind power yields alternately a mellifluous run, a guttural riff or fuzzy, punctuated squonk.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘squonk’.
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LEGENDARY CREATURES
but only the ones with adorable names
whangdoodle, teakettler, hidebehind, argopelter, splintercat, come-at-a-body, fibbertigibbet, harpy-hag, cactus cat, glawackus, manticore, hodag and 40 more...
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known words
words wot i already knew
antisyzygy, calenture, shill, saudade, sehnsucht, squonk, steganographic, anomie, wiggy, grok, hermeneutics, agrise and 206 more...
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zanshin's Words
gargoyle, ennui, paradigm, aardvark, verisimilitude, ghoti, tenacity, nescience, guillemet, squonk, maven, moxie and 210 more...
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Fictional beasties
elf, gnome, dwarf, sprite, troll, fairy, nymph, imp, brownie, sasquatch, yeti, wookiee and 574 more...
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Odd-Ball
Just plain fun to say and wonder about their origins.
rapscallion, ramahanukwanzmas, cockamamie, nincompoop, hemidemisemiquaver, antiinterdenomina..., cattywampus, ragamuffin, tatterdemalion, blunderbuss, brobdingnagian, tintinnabulation and 127 more...
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North American mythical creatures and...
tailypo, sewer alligator, ukena, rougarou, dover demon, loveland lizard, loveland frog, joint snake, jersey devil, fur-bearing trout, squonk, shmoo and 27 more...
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Cryptozoology
Imaginary Critters. Many are featured in the book "BEASTS!", curated by Jacob Covey.
amermait, baba yaga, wolpertinger, kraken, loathly worm, golem, catoblepas, beast of bray road, melusine, triton, sphinx, succubus and 66 more...
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Fiction
Cedarcrest, gadfly, squonk, Sweetbread, Brewhouse, Mautner, underoath, memilih, Halfacre
Tweets
Looking for tweets for squonk.
Durvin As we see from the quotes, though, there is another definition; it's some sort of amorphous, arhythmic music played mostly on rock instruments, I think. I've heard some of Captain Beefheart's stuff described with it. Based on the word, you can probably guess what it sounds like. Mar 7, 2012
oroboros A mythical beast that weeps continually at its own ugliness. When surprised it dissolves entirely into tears. (via futilitycloset.com) Jan 9, 2010
garyth123 Policy wonks? Dec 1, 2008
senwick Are these similar to the legends of the wonks? Nov 30, 2008
garyth123 have you seen a squonk's tears
well look at mine Nov 30, 2008