Sockdolager
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation [ˌsɑkˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ] · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sockdolager is a noun meaning (US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
Meaning
(US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument.
More Meanings
- (US, slang, dated) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper.
- (US, fishing) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
Example Sentences
"I gave the fellow a socdolager over his head with the barrel of my gun,"
There is but one ‘sogdollager’ in the universe, and that is in Lake Oswego.
He’ll come off as badly as a feller I once hit a sledge hammer lick over the head—a real sogdolloger.
The thunder would go rumbling and grumbling away, and quit—and then rip comes another flash and another sockdologer.
Word Forms
- sockdolagers
- socdolager
- sockdologer
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include socdolager, sockdologer, socdologer, sockdollager, sogdolloger, stockdollager.
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