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English
Etymology
From zonk + -ed.
Pronunciation
Adjective
zonked (comparative more zonked, superlative most zonked)
- (slang) Extremely fatigued.
- Synonyms: (UK slang) knackered, weary; see also Thesaurus:fatigued
After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked.
- (slang) Deeply asleep.
- Synonyms: dead asleep, fast asleep; see also Thesaurus:asleep
I must have been really zonked. They said it took fifteen minutes to wake me up.
- (slang) Drunk; intoxicated.
- Synonyms: boozy, inebriated; see also Thesaurus:drunk
1968, Tom Wolfe, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Bantam, published 1997, →ISBN, page 225:The Pranksters had just held an Acid Test at the Fillmore Auditorium, a big ballroom in the middle of one of San Francisco's big Negro slums, the Fillmore district. It was a wild night. Hundreds of heads and bohos from all over the Bay area turned out, zonked to the eyeballs.
1974 July, New York Magazine, volume 7, number 27:[…] swingers in the audience were getting zonked on beer and fresh sea breezes and sound […]
2004, Ed Sanders, Tales of beatnik glory:[…] playing eight-ball while zonked, chugging beer with locals […]
Translations
slang: extremely fatigued
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