English Dictionary
◊ GONE
gone
adj 1: not present; having left; "he's away right now"; "you must
not allow a stranger into the house when your mother
is away"; "everyone is gone now"; "the departed
guests" [syn: {away(p)}, {gone(p)}, {departed(a)}]
2: (informal) destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: {done
for(p)}, {kaput(p)}, {gone(a)}]
3: (euphemistic) "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"
[syn: {asleep(p)}, {at peace(p)}, {at rest(p)}, {deceased},
{departed}]
4: having all been spent; "the money is all gone" [syn: {expended},
{spent}]
5: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone
times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a
departed era" [syn: {bygone}, {bypast}, {departed}, {foregone}]
6: no longer retained; "gone with the wind" [syn: {gone(p)}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN GONK?
gonk
/gonk/ 1. To prevaricate or to embellish the truth
beyond any reasonable recognition. In German the term is
(mythically) "gonken"; in Spanish the verb becomes "gonkar".
"You're gonking me. That story you just told me is a bunch of
gonk." In German, for example, "Du gonkst mir" (You're
pulling my leg).
See also {gonkulator}.
2. (British) To grab some sleep at an odd time.
Compare {gronk out}.
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(1995-03-07)