ponk

See also: pònk

English

Etymology

A false reading for pouke; see Puck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɒŋk/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

ponk (plural ponks)

1. (obsolete) A nocturnal evil spirit.
   • 1595, Edmund Spenser, Epithalamion:

     Ne let the ponk, nor other evil sprights, / Ne let mischievous witches with their charms […]

   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Marrying a ponk, my lord, is pressing to death, whipping, and hanging

Anagrams

• knop

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoŋk]

Noun

ponk m inan

1. workbench

Declension

Declension of ponk (velar masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	ponk	ponky
genitive	ponku	ponků
dative	ponku	ponkům
accusative	ponk	ponky
vocative	ponku	ponky
locative	ponku	poncích
instrumental	ponkem	ponky

Slovak

Etymology

From German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pɔnk]

Noun

ponk m inan

1. (regional, Eastern Slovakia) workbench

   Synonym: hoblica

Declension

Declension of ponk (pattern dub)

	singular	plural
nominative	ponk	ponky
genitive	ponku	ponkov
dative	ponku	ponkom
accusative	ponk	ponky
locative	ponku	ponkoch
instrumental	ponkom	ponkmi

Further reading

• “ponk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024