blunk

See also: Blunk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /blʌŋk/

Etymology 1

Apparently a corruption of blenk and/or blink.

Verb

blunk (third-person singular simple present blunks, present participle blunking, simple past and past participle blunked)

1. (intransitive) To blench, blink; turn aside.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To spoil, mismanage.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “blunk”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Ablaut of blink.

Verb

blunk

1. (dialect, colloquial, informal or humorous) simple past of blink
   • 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.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

blunk

1. imperative of blunke