▪ I. begunk, v. Sc.
(bɪˈgʌŋk)
[Cf. begeck.]
trans. To delude, play a deceiving trick on, ‘take in.’
| 1821 Blackw. Mag. Jan. 426 (Jam.) Is there a lad, whose father is unkind..Whose sweetheart has begunked him? |
▪ II. beˈgunk, n. Sc.
Also 8 begink.
[f. prec.]
A befooling or deluding trick, a piece of deception.
| 1725 Ramsay Gentle Sheph. ii. i. 30 Ane ca'd Monk Has play'd the Rumple a right slee begunk. 1790 Morison Poems 137 (Jam.) Our sex are shy..they think, Wha yields o'er soon fu' aft gets the begink. 1814 Scott Wav. III. 354 If I have na gien Inch-Grabbit and Jamie Howie a bonnie begunk, they ken themselves. |