Meaning

1 senses

  1. To cram for exams.

Origin

American English student slang 1954; perhaps navy slang before that. "Expert" sense popula

American English student slang 1954; perhaps navy slang before that. "Expert" sense popularized in the Clinton administration, 1993. Origin uncertain, possibly from wonky (“shaky, unreliable”) or wank, wanker or simply expressive.

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Forms

wonks, wonking, wonked, wonked
Base formwonk · to wonk
3rd person singularwonks
Present participlewonking
Past simplewonked
Past participlewonked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theywonk
he, she, itwonks

Past simpleLesson

all personswonked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave wonked
he, she, ithas wonked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill wonk

Word family

1 related words
Derivedwonk out

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
wondrousB2wongwonkywont
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