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Gonk vs Gork - What's the difference?

gonk | gork |

As nouns the difference between gonk and gork

is that gonk is a small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops while gork is a terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.

As verbs the difference between gonk and gork

is that gonk is to sleep while gork is to sedate a patient heavily.

gonk

English

(wikipedia gonk)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops.
  • A stupid or dull person.
  • (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

    • Synonyms

    * (stupid person) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see

    References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sleep.
  • (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

    • References

    *

    Anagrams

    *

    gork

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A terminal patient whose brain is nonfunctional and the rest of whose body can be kept functioning only by the extensive use of mechanical devices and nutrient solutions.
  • A stuporous or imbecilic patient; a patient who has lost brain function.
  • (label) A despised person; dork, geek, jerk.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sedate a patient heavily.

    • Related terms

    * gorked