zonk

verb \ ˈzäŋk , ˈzȯŋk \

|Updated on: 27 May 2018

Definition of zonk

zonked; zonking; zonks

transitive verb

: stun, stupefy; also : strike, zap —often used with out

intransitive verb

: to pass out from or as if from alcohol or a drug —often used with out

Recent Examples of zonk from the Web

By this time, everybody is off the bus rolling in the brown grass by the shoulder, laughing, giggling, yahooing, zonked to the skies on acid, because, mon, the woods are burning, the whole world is on fire.

— jeet heer, The New Republic, "Tom Wolfe reunited journalism with literature.," 15 May 2018
In today’s episode of Mean Guys, Denny takes his five-iron home in a huff because Bubba is spreading rumors in the clubhouse about Denny getting zonked on some kind of crazy juice.

— george diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Jimmie Johnson vows to rise up despite age-old circumstances," 27 Feb. 2018
And struggling to hold the phone to your ear because your biceps are so freaking zonked?

— k. aleisha fetters, SELF, "Let’s Stop Using Sore Muscles as a Badge of Honor," 19 June 2017

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