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

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈpoŋk]

Noun

ponk m inan

  1. workbench

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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