English Explanatory Dictionary

vonce

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Marijuana; cannabis, especially used as a drug.
  2. Something or someone small and annoying. Used more as a term of endearment than a criticism.
noun
  1. Sexual activity.
  2. A state in which the musician produces great improvisation intuitively.
noun
  1. A jerk; an unpleasant person.
adv
  1. Pronunciation spelling of once, imitative of German-accented or non-native English.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-vonce.wav

Word forms

vonce vonces

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish וואַנץ (vants, “bedbug”), by analogy to the English slang term roach. Attested since the 1950s.

Synonyms

marijuana nuisance
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