A noise that may be too subtle to hear at first but which is audible enough to disrupt an audio recording. It was most notably used by an audio engineer who asked a perturbed Orson Welles to read another take while recording a commercial for frozen peas.
WELLES narrating: Nothing is more important than the simple act of people getting together—
ENGINEER: Good. Could I have one more go, Orson, please? Sorry.
WELLES: What?
ENGINEER: Could I have just one more take of that?
WELLES: Why? I just did it right. Now, look, I'm not used to having more than one person in there. One
more word out of you, and you go. Is that clear?
ENGINEER: Yes, sir.
WELLES: I take directions from one person ... under protest! But from two I don't sit still. Who the hell are you, anyway?
ENGINEER: I'm the engineer.
WELLES: Well, why the hell are you asking me for another one?
ENGINEER: Well, I thought there was a slight gonk and I would just like to be safe.
WELLES: Jesus. shuffles papers What is a "gonk"? Do you mind telling me what that is?
ENGINEER: No, no, a bang from outside.
WELLES: A "bang from outside." pours himself some water Can I see Mrs. Rogers for a minute, please?
ENGINEER: Yes, certainly.
ENGINEER: Good. Could I have one more go, Orson, please? Sorry.
WELLES: What?
ENGINEER: Could I have just one more take of that?
WELLES: Why? I just did it right. Now, look, I'm not used to having more than one person in there. One
more word out of you, and you go. Is that clear?
ENGINEER: Yes, sir.
WELLES: I take directions from one person ... under protest! But from two I don't sit still. Who the hell are you, anyway?
ENGINEER: I'm the engineer.
WELLES: Well, why the hell are you asking me for another one?
ENGINEER: Well, I thought there was a slight gonk and I would just like to be safe.
WELLES: Jesus. shuffles papers What is a "gonk"? Do you mind telling me what that is?
ENGINEER: No, no, a bang from outside.
WELLES: A "bang from outside." pours himself some water Can I see Mrs. Rogers for a minute, please?
ENGINEER: Yes, certainly.
by MattR1970 February 21, 2016
A Gonk is 2 things:
1- It’s another name for a troll (a toy monster thing with sticky up hair)
2- It’s a person that looks retarded with big glasses like jam jar bottoms and snorts like a pig.
1- It’s another name for a troll (a toy monster thing with sticky up hair)
2- It’s a person that looks retarded with big glasses like jam jar bottoms and snorts like a pig.
by iluvmybathroom13 October 26, 2004
A length of toilet role covered in fake fur which is supplied as a prize at fairs. Due to its pathetic pointlessness, it can be used as an insult.
by JonnyJman February 24, 2005
One's own skin. "in the gonk" (naked). My father (1923-2005) used this phrase in our childhood. His father was in the British Army (Royal Engineers) in WW I, so the army slang "gonk bag" for sleeping bag, is consistent.
by skribanr May 11, 2010
a word that is used to descibe some one you dislike and is different from an average person, and even slightly geeky.
by jonny boid September 11, 2009
"Ew, i fell over and now im covered in Gonk"
"Why didnt you clean you shoes, now theres Gonk all over the floor!"
"WHY ARE THERE GONK STAINS ALL OVER MY NEW CARPET?"
"Why didnt you clean you shoes, now theres Gonk all over the floor!"
"WHY ARE THERE GONK STAINS ALL OVER MY NEW CARPET?"
by PhysicalToxic November 6, 2019
you fucking gonk mother fucker
by bubsey September 18, 2005