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- [wongk]
- /wɒŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [wongk]
- /wɒŋk/
Definitions of wonk word
- noun wonk a student who spends much time studying and has little or no social life; grind. 1
- noun wonk a stupid, boring, or unattractive person. 1
- noun wonk a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner: a policy wonk. 1
- noun wonk A studious or hardworking person. 1
- noun wonk person: studies sth in detail 1
- noun wonk a person who is obsessively interested in a specified subject 0
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Origin of wonk
First appearance:
before 1960 One of the 3% newest English words
1960-65, Americanism; of expressive orig.; nautical slang wonk “a midshipman,” Australian slang: “white person, homosexual” are probably independent formations
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Parts of speech for Wonk
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wonk popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
wonk usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wonk
noun wonk
- geek — computer geek
- nerd — a person considered to be socially awkward, boring, unstylish, etc.
- bookworm — If you describe someone as a bookworm, you mean they are very fond of reading.
- brain — Your brain is the organ inside your head that controls your body's activities and enables you to think and to feel things such as heat and pain.
- dweeb — Slang. nerd; wimp.
Top questions with wonk
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