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zonked

[zongkt, zawngkt]
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adjective Slang.

stupefied by or as if by alcohol or drugs; high.
exhausted or asleep.

RELATED WORDS

dazed, dumbfounded, flying, groggy, high, inebriated, lit, plastered, stoned, thunderstruck, tipsy, wasted, crocked, sloshed, stewed, amazed, astonished, bashed, buzzed, juiced

Nearby words

  1. zoning,
  2. zonipetal,
  3. zonite,
  4. zonk,
  5. zonk out,
  6. zonta club,
  7. zontian,
  8. zonular,
  9. zonular band,
  10. zonular cataract
Sometimes zonked out.

Origin of zonked

An Americanism dating back to 1955–60; zonk + -ed2

zonk

[zongk, zawngk]Slang.

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

to become unconscious from alcohol or narcotic drugs; pass out.
to fall soundly asleep or relax completely: I've got to go home and zonk out.

verb (used with object)

to stupefy, as by alcohol or narcotic drugs.
to sedate or anesthetize: If the pain gets too bad the doctors will zonk you.
to strike or defeat soundly; knock out; clobber.

Origin of zonk

1945–50; of expressive orig.; -onk perhaps copies conk2
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British Dictionary definitions for zonked

zonked

adjective slang

highly intoxicated from drugs or alcohol
utterly exhausted

Word Origin for zonked

C20: of imitative origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for zonked

zonk

v.

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

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