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wonk (wäŋk)

noun

  1. ☆ a student who studies very hard; grind
  2. ☆ any very studious or hardworking person, often, specif., one preoccupied with a particular subject or field

Etymology: back-form. < wonky

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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