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t. [BEGUNK, v.] To cheat, to deceive. Spec., to jilt in love. "Whose sweetheart has begunked him won his heart, Then left him all forlorn to dree the sinart?" Village Fair: Blackw. Mag., Jan. 1821, p. 426. (Jamie son.) bě-ġunk, bě-ġink, bě-ģēik, s. [Eng. & Scotch prefix be , and A.S. geac , gæc = (1) a cuckoo, a gawk, (2) a simpleton.] [GAWK, Gowk.] 1. Generally: A trick, or illusion, which exposes one to ridicule. "Now Cromwell's gane to Nick, and ane ca'd Monk Has play'd the Rumple a right slee begunk ." Ramsay's Poems , ii. 88. 2. Specially: The act of jilting one in love. (Used either of a male or of a female.) "Our sex are shy, and wi' your leave they think Wha yields o'er soon fu' aft gets the begink . " Morison's Poems, p. 137. (Jamie son.) * bě-gun-nỹn, pr. par. The same as BEGINNING. (Scotch.)