sockeroo

[sok-uh-roo] /ˌsɒk əˈru/
noun, plural sockeroos. Slang.
1.
a notable success:
Her performance was a sockeroo.
Origin
1940-45, Americanism; sock2 + -eroo
Slang definitions & phrases for sockeroo

sockeroo

modifier

: putting some sockeroo catches in the president's plan

noun

A great success; something with extraordinary power and impact; esp, a lavish and popular film, show, etc; blockbuster: an old-fashioned Hippodrome sockeroo/ with Paramount's ''Dear Ruth'' the only sockeroo (1942+)