zonk

Meanings

Noun

• 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).
• A feeling of a drug taking hold.

Verb

• To hit hard .
• To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor .
• To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious.

Origin

• First attested around 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin.