It was known that he would knock his wife about when he had been drinking.

twitter, clamber, bicker, mutter, wander, flutter, flicker, slither, smother, sputter

I'm too far gone, couldn't save that shit so I'm perked out, yeah, on the couch

“[…] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much.