to become unconscious from alcohol or narcotic drugs; pass out.
2.
to fall soundly asleep or relax completely:
I've got to go home and zonk out.
verb (used with object)
3.
to stupefy, as by alcohol or narcotic drugs.
4.
to sedate or anesthetize:
If the pain gets too bad the doctors will zonk you.
5.
to strike or defeat soundly; knock out; clobber.
Origin
1945-50; of expressive orig.; -onk perhaps copies conk2
British Dictionary definitions for zonked
zonked
/zɒŋkt/
adjective (slang)
1.
highly intoxicated from drugs or alcohol
2.
utterly exhausted
Word Origin
C20: of imitative origin
Word Origin and History for zonked
zonk
v.
1950, "to hit hard;" 1968, "to put into a stupor;" slang term, of echoic origin.
Slang definitions & phrases for zonked
zonked
adj,adj phr
Intoxicated by narcotics or alcohol; high, stoned: zonked, one step past being stoned/ Either while I was still zonked out or in the shower(1960s+ Narcotics)
Very enthusiastic; excited; high: Rene Carpenter remembers Gilruth as ''a kindly, wonderful man who was zonked on this project''(1970s+)
Exhausted; beat, pooped: After just an hour of that I was zonked(1972+)
[echoic of a heavy blow; a 1929 Bookman article on sound effects is entitled ''Socko, Whamo, and Sonk!'']
zonk
v,v phr
To lose consciousness, esp from alcohol or narcotics; fall asleep; become stuporous: He suddenly zonked and went rigid(1968+)
To strike a stupefying blow; clobber: ''We've been zonked,'' said Jim Robbins(1950+)