29 September 2017

zonk

[zongk, zawngk] Slang.

verb (used without object), (often fol. by out)

1. to become unconscious from alcohol or narcotic drugs; pass out.
2. to fall soundly asleep or relax completely:
I’ve got to go home and zonk out.
verb (used with object)
3. to stupefy, as by alcohol or narcotic drugs.
4. to sedate or anesthetize:
If the pain gets too bad the doctors will zonk you.
5. to strike or defeat soundly; knock out; clobber.

Origin of zonk

1945-1950; of expressive orig.; -onk perhaps copies conk2

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Word Origin and History for zonk Expand

v.

1950, “to hit hard;” 1968, “to put into a stupor;” slang term, of echoic origin.

zonk
v,v phr

To lose consciousness, esp from alcohol or narcotics; fall asleep; become stuporous : He suddenly zonked and went rigid (1968+)
To strike a stupefying blow; clobber: ”We’ve been zonked,” said Jim Robbins (1950+)
[fr zonked]

The Dictionary of American Slang, Fourth Edition by Barbara Ann Kipfer, PhD. and Robert L. Chapman, Ph.D.
Copyright (C) 2007 by HarperCollins Publishers.

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