Zonk

/zɒŋk/ · noun

Meaning

(slang) An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal)..

Definitions by Sense

1. (slang) An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).
2. (slang) The feeling of a drug taking hold.
3. (slang) A cigarette hand-rolled from tobacco and cannabis.
4. (transitive, slang) To hit hard .
5. (transitive, slang) To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor .
6. (intransitive, slang, usually followed by “out”) To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious.

Example Sentences

There will always be two doors that hold zonks, so regardless of whether you initially chose the grand prize or a zonk, Monty will always be able to show you a zonk not chosen.

A live, mane-embellished, SAG-card-carrying lion, I should point out, who was likely being staged for a few minutes off to the side before he would be used as a freaking “Zonk!” on a freaking game show, for crying out loud.

A zonk was way overdue, yet the boys knew that the Seniors knew they would think this was a zonk and would trick the boys by making this another real prize.

I have three empty coffee cans, two with prizes and one with a slip of paper that says "Zonk."

Avoid the Zonk / On the TV show Let's Make a Deal, contestants often had to choose between three curtains.

Once a contestant picked a door, Monty would often open one of the other two doors to reveal a zonk, […]

Behind two doors is a “zonk,” that is, something amusing but of little or no value, such as a goat, […]

After two hours of studying, I zonked out.

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Word Forms

• zonks
• zoink
• zonking
• zonked

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