stonker
Americanverb (used with object)
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to hit hard; knock unconscious.
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to defeat decisively.
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to baffle; confuse.
Etymology
Origin of stonker
First recorded in 1910–15; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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The third Test, on a Jo’burg green top, with Steyn and possibly Philander fit again, is going to be a stonker.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2016
The third Test, on a Jo’burg green top, with Steyn and possibly Philander fit again, is going to be a stonker.
From The Guardian • Jan. 5, 2016
And then we saw this absolute stonker of a winning goal from Leyton Orient's Dean Cox against Walsall.
From The Guardian • Oct. 3, 2012
Like I said not a moment ago... absolute stonker.
From BBC • Dec. 26, 2010
Well stonker me for a stupid space squid!
From Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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