name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
blunk
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/blʌŋk/
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CMU ARPABET: B L AH1 NG K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To blench, blink; turn aside.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To spoil, mismanage.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
simple past of blink
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial, dialectal, form-of, humorous, informal, past
Examples
- 2001, Turanga Leela, Futurama episode "The Cyber House Rules" I did it! I blunk!
- 2021, Rebecca Curtis , The New Yorker, vol. 97 no. 20, "Satellites" Tony blunk.
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History
Etymology
Apparently a corruption of blenk and/or blink.
Ablaut of blink.