Usually means: Expert in specialized knowledge field.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. wonk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wonk: Merriam-Webster
  3. wonk, wonk: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wonk: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wonk: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wonk: Vocabulary.com
  7. Wonk, wonk: Wordnik
  8. wonk: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. wonk: Wiktionary
  10. wonk: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. wonk: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. wonk: Dictionary.com
  13. wonk: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. wonk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Wonk (character), Wonk (disambiguation), Wonk: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. wonk: Rhymezone
  17. wonk: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. wonk: FreeDictionary.org
  19. wonk: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. Wonk: The Word Detective
  21. wonk: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. Wonk: World Wide Words

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wonk: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. WONK: Acronym Finder

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. wonk, wonk: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. American-Australian Slang Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Wonk: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (derogatory, informal) An overly studious person, particularly a student.
noun:  (by extension, informal) A policy wonk or other intellectual expert.

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