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sockdolager

noun

säk-ˈdä-li-jər How to pronounce sockdolager (audio)
variants or sockdologer
Definition of sockdolagernext
as in beauty
something very good of its kind the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sockdolager
  1. beauty
  2. dream
  3. corker
  4. humdinger
  5. phenomenon
  6. marvel
  7. lollapalooza
  8. ripsnorter
Noun
  • The title character and his fellow physicists spend much of their early years refusing to work for the Soviet military machine; building bombs would corrupt the purity and beauty of their science.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 14 Sep. 2026
  • It’s reflected in toys like squishy NeeDoh cubes and beauty products like jelly cleansers.
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • However, his raging protectiveness over what might be lost — language, attire, ritual, even memory — grows more pronounced as Rio veers further into phantasmagoria by way of dreams and visions.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Hobson went on to extol Lucas’ vision and his ability to never waver from his dream for the museum.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of dream
Noun
  • Of course all the business between Patricia and the Boogeyman is just an excuse for Widow’s Bay to stage a corker of a send-up of 1978’s Halloween and slasher movies of its ilk.
    — Jen Chaney, Vulture, 3 June 2026
  • The breakfast buffet is supremely surreal A big part of every season of The White Lotus is the breakfast buffet, and the Martinez’s daily extravaganza is a corker.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of corker
Noun
  • Presented in a woodland forest, today’s Chanel couture show was a real humdinger.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 7 July 2026
  • The book is full of many such humdingers.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of humdinger
Noun
  • This phenomenon is fairly common, with over two-thirds of people sleeptalking at one time or another.
    — Michael R. Nadorff, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
  • An already-strong El Niño just turned super as the phenomenon crosses into unprecedented territory.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of phenomenon
Noun
  • This, too, is a marvel of the modern Jewish state – the unusual multitasking of commuting and worshipping.
    — Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Thousands had come to watch that night and marvel at the temporary lights illuminating the field.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of marvel
Noun
  • Mikhail might have shuffled off this mortal coil early, but his spirit lingers in a lollapalooza gallery that represents in flavor and type, though not in exact content, Impressionist salons in the 1870s into the early 1880s.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Worries about Trump’s button finger were seeping out of Washington even before the book lollapalooza.
    — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Definition of lollapalooza
Noun
  • Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
    — SI.com, SI.com, 6 July 2019
Definition of ripsnorter
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“Sockdolager.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sockdolager. Accessed 22 Sep. 2026.

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