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zonked

  [zongkt, zawngkt]
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–adjective Slang.
1. stupefied by or as if by alcohol or drugs; high.
2. exhausted or asleep.
Also, zonked out.

Origin:
1955–60, Americanism; zonk + -ed 2
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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:
1945–50; of expressive orig.; -onk perh. copies conk 2
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zonk   (zôngk, zŏngk)   
v.   zonked, zonk·ing, zonks Slang

v.   tr.

  1. To stupefy; stun.

  2. To intoxicate with drugs or alcohol: "zonk their patients with tranquilizers" (Psychology Today).

v.   intr.
To become intoxicated with drugs or alcohol.

[Origin unknown.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
zonk (so)

  1. tv.
    to make someone tired or exhausted. : All the work zonked him out.
  2. tv.
    to cause someone to become intoxicated. : The drug zonked Max out totally.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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zonked (out) [zɔŋkt...] and [zɑʊŋkt...]

and zounked (out)
  1. mod.
    alcohol or drug intoxicated. : She's too zonked to drive.
  2. mod.
    exhausted; asleep. : She was totally zonked out by the time I got home.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

zonk 
1950, "to hit hard;" 1968, "to put into a stupor;" slang term, of echoic origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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