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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To stupefy; stun.
  2. v. To intoxicate with drugs or alcohol: "zonk their patients with tranquilizers” ( Psychology Today).
  3. v. To become intoxicated with drugs or alcohol.

Wiktionary

  1. n. 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).
  2. n. slang A feeling of a drug taking hold.
  3. v. transitive To make (someone) sleepy or delirious.
  4. v. intransitive, usually followed by “out” To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious.

Etymologies

  1. Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

Examples

  • “But now, waking up from The Obama Show is like being on "Let's Make a Deal" and trading in your winning prize hidden under box number 1 for the "zonk" behind curtain number 2.”

    American Thinker

  • “Although he's found that some players are less willing to risk losing prize money in the current economy, he's equally surprised by how many gamble on the tantalizing possibility of a valuable prize versus the risk of a "zonk," something silly and worthless.”

    Rocky Mount Telegram - Business

  • “While she is in school or on play dates, I will give myself time to zonk out, if I need to.”

    The Huffington Post: Hollye Harrington Jacobs: Talking With Children About Chemotherapy

  • “Jednak ponieważ zakazany owoc kusi, wielu z nich dokonuje aktualizacji, tudzież instalacji, żeby zobaczyć co nowego i czy można już przestać wylewać łzy po, odchodzącej w niepamięć, wersji 3.5: P. Wielu spotyka w takim momencie zonk w postaci czarnej tapety na pulpicie i zaczyna się lament, na różnych forach, że znowu dostaliśmy wersję oznaczoną okrągłym numerem, która tak naprawdę jest jeszcze wczesną alfą i wraca do stabilnego GNOME.”

    Kiedy przywita nas czarny ekran...

  • “You thank your genetic and behavioral disposition to be able to zonk out in the seated position.”

    > Leave Perth

  • “I can drink a gallon of coffee at 6: 00pm and still zonk out at 10 p.m. as if on command.”

    Kim Stagliano: My Sleep Story: Almost Too Embarrassing To Share

  • “Media focus has been on Miami the last two weeks with the Super Bowl, and now that the Saints have won and taken the trophy back to New Orleans - site of the future HBO series 'Treme' - it's FINALLY time for Toobworld to address a Miami zonk from last year......”

    ZONKS: MIAMI, VIA TAMPA

  • “When I booked the flight, I made sure it was a non-stop flight (United Flight 315 from La Guardia) so I could take a sleeping pill and zonk out.”

    United's definition of "Non-Stop"

  • “| Reply | Permalink swarty -- right on regarding Elizabeth Edwards. zonk -- you are crazy funny as usual”

    Rasmussen: Post-Kennedy Endorsement, Obama Only Down By Six In Massachusetts

  • “Putting the Clinton money together with the Obama mojo would be really impressive! zonk wrote on January 7, 2008 10: 45 AM:”

    Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Zogby: Obama Leads By Ten Points In New Hampshire

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