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zonked

[zongkt, zawngkt]

Origin

adjective Slang.

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

exhausted or asleep.

Also, zonked out.

Origin:
1955–60, Americanism; zonk + -ed²

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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:
1945–50; of expressive orig.; -onk perhaps copies conk²

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zonked (zɒŋkt)

—*adj*
1.	highly intoxicated from drugs or alcohol
2.	utterly exhausted

[C20: of imitative origin]

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Word Origin & History

zonk

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

Slang Dictionary

zonk (so) definition

tv.
to make someone tired or exhausted. : All the work zonked him out.
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) definition

[zɔŋkt...] and [zɑʊŋkt...]
and zounked (out)

mod.
alcohol or drug intoxicated. : She's too zonked to drive.
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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