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Bonk vs Boak - What's the difference?

bonk | boak |

As verbs the difference between bonk and boak

is that bonk is to strike or collide with something while boak is (obsolete) to burp.

As a noun bonk

is a bump on the head.

bonk

English

Verb

(en verb) (slim-wikipedia)
  • To strike or collide with something.
  • To have sexual intercourse.
  • (skateboarding) To hit something with the front wheels of the skateboard, whilst in the air, this pre-dates the snowboarding term,
  • (snowboarding) To hit something (especially a tree) with one's snowboard, especially while in the air.
  • To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion.
  • Synonyms

    * (to have sexual intercourse) boink * (experience fatigue)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A bump on the head.
  • Any minor collision or random meeting.
  • An act of sexual intercourse.
  • A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion.
  • Anagrams

    * ----

    boak

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To burp.
  • (Scotland) To retch or vomit.
  • * 1996, , Trainspotting [http://books.google.com/books?id=iSGR2pjiNNMC&pg=PA94&dq=trainspotting+boaked&sig=ACfU3U3ATToPuwanos9vFDS3fDC9nM8iSA]
  • — God sake... god sake... Mr Houston repeated as Mrs Houston boaked and I made a pathetic effort to mop some of the mess back into the sheets.
  • * 1997, , Movern Callar [http://books.google.com/books?id=ruWZweEYGCoC&q=%22to+boak%22&dq=%22to+boak%22&lr=&pgis=1]
  • I was going to boak : I made the window and opened it but most of the sickness hit the window-sill in a heap.
  • * 1999, , Black and Blue [http://books.google.com/books?id=Xcp3XgEoKfUC&pg=PA190&dq=Black+and+Blue+boaking&sig=ACfU3U3-HUt2Oem4jS_Kw8gHawBTP3gnhg]
  • He’d skipped breakfast—didn’t like the idea of boaking it back up on the flight.
  • * 1999, , Behind the Scenes at the Museum [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&id=xVncfH11mvkC&pg=PA227&lpg=PA227&sig=-ZokrlMpLfQayujl9JvIQto3fVk]
  • I think it was at this moment that Patricia lurched from the table, informing everyone that she was going to be sick and indeed was as good as her word, throwing up before reaching the door (‘Heinrich, fetch a clout — the lassie’s boaked !’).