Meaning

3 senses

  1. (slang)An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).

    Niete, Zonk, Trostpreis

  2. (slang)The feeling of a drug taking hold.

  3. (slang)A cigarette hand-rolled from tobacco and cannabis.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I'm pretty zonked.

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  2. Tom seemed to be zonked out.

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Translations

1 languages
Deutsch
an unfavorable card or token:

Origin

First attested in c. 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin.

First attested in c. 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin.

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Forms

plural: zonks
Singularzonk
Pluralzonks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
zombiezonalzoneA2zooA1zookeeperzoologicalzoologistC2

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