Wonk — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/wˈɔŋk/

🇬🇧British English

/wˈɒŋk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/wˈɒŋk/

1 syllable Say it as /wˈɔŋk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

swot nerd grind dweeb

Word Forms

swot	verb	study intensively, as before an exam
grind	verb	work hard

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

con

un étudiant insignifiant qui est ridiculisé comme étant affecté ou ennuyeux et studieux

🇪🇸Spanish

tonto

un estudiante insignificante que es ridiculizado por ser afectado o aburrido y estudioso

🇮🇹Italian

sbalordimento

uno studente insignificante che viene ridicolizzato perché affettato o noiosamente studioso

🇳🇱Dutch

knik

een onbeduidende student die belachelijk wordt gemaakt als aangedaan of saai leergierig

🇵🇹Portuguese

cara

um aluno insignificante que é ridicularizado como afetado ou entediantemente estudioso

🇷🇺Russian

моргать

незначительный студент, которого высмеивают как аффектированного или скучно прилежного

India

🇮🇳Hindi

जीत गया

एक महत्वहीन छात्र जिसका प्रभावित या उबाऊ अध्ययनशील कहकर उपहास किया जाता है

🇮🇳Tamil

கண் சிமிட்டினான்

ஒரு அற்பமான மாணவர், பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர் அல்லது சலிப்பான படிப்பாளி என்று கேலி செய்யப்படுகிறார்

🇮🇳Telugu

కన్నుగీటాడు

ప్రభావితం లేదా విసుగుగా చదువుతున్నట్లు ఎగతాళి చేయబడిన ఒక చిన్న విద్యార్థి

🇮🇳Gujarati

વિંક

એક નજીવો વિદ્યાર્થી જેની અસરગ્રસ્ત અથવા કંટાળાજનક અભ્યાસી તરીકે ઉપહાસ કરવામાં આવે છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕಣ್ಣು ಹೊಡೆದರು

ಒಂದು ಅತ್ಯಲ್ಪ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಯು ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತನಾಗಿ ಅಥವಾ ನೀರಸವಾಗಿ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಮಾಡುವವನಾಗಿ ಅಪಹಾಸ್ಯಕ್ಕೊಳಗಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കണ്ണിറുക്കി

ഒരു നിസ്സാര വിദ്യാർത്ഥി, ബാധിക്കപ്പെട്ടവനോ വിരസമായി പഠിക്കുന്നവനോ ആയി പരിഹസിക്കപ്പെട്ടു

🇵🇰Urdu

حیرت

ایک غیر معمولی طالب علم جس کا مذاق اڑایا جاتا ہے کہ وہ متاثرہ یا بورنگ طور پر مطالعہ کرنے والا ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

书呆子

被嘲笑做作或无聊好学的无足轻重的学生

🇯🇵Japanese

ウクウク

影響を受けている、または退屈に勉強していると嘲笑される取るに足らない学生

🇰🇷Korean

멍하니

영향을 받거나 지루할 정도로 학구적이라고 조롱받는 하찮은 학생

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đồng tính

một học sinh tầm thường bị chế giễu là bị ảnh hưởng hoặc chăm học một cách nhàm chán

🇹🇭Thai

วงค์

นักเรียนที่ไม่มีนัยสำคัญที่ถูกเยาะเย้ยว่าได้รับผลกระทบหรือขยันเรียนอย่างน่าเบื่อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

menang

seorang siswa tidak penting yang diejek sebagai orang yang terpengaruh atau rajin belajar yang membosankan

🇲🇾Malay

kejap

pelajar yang tidak penting yang diejek sebagai terjejas atau membosankan belajar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

ونك

طالب تافه يتعرض للسخرية باعتباره متأثرًا أو مجتهدًا بشكل ممل

🇮🇷Persian

چشمک زدن

دانش آموز بی اهمیتی که تحت تأثیر قرار گرفته یا به طرز کسل کننده ای درس خوان مورد تمسخر قرار می گیرد

🇹🇷Turkish

sıkıntı

Etkilenmiş veya sıkıcı derecede çalışkan olduğu için alay edilen önemsiz bir öğrenci

🇮🇱Hebrew

צורץ

תלמיד לא משמעותי שזוכה ללעג כשהוא מושפע או קפדן בצורה משעממת

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The primary meaning of 'wonk' is 'an insignificant student who is ridiculed as being affected or boringly studious'.

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