Donked vs Zonked - What's the difference?
donked | zonked |
(donk)
(Australia, slang) A car's engine.
(Australia, slang) A fool.
(British, uncountable) A sub-genre of scouse house music (from a common percussive sound used in it).
(poker, derogatory) A poor player who makes mistakes.
(Australia, colloquial, slang) To provide a second person with a lift on a bicycle (formerly, on a horse), seating the passenger either in front (on the handlebar) or behind (sharing the seat); to travel as a passenger in such manner.
* 1947 , Southerly: The Magazine of the Australian English Association, Sydney , Volumes 8-10,
(slang) To hit.
* 2007 , Mardi McConnochie, Dangerous Games ,
* 2011 , Susan Brocker, The Wolf in the Wardrobe ,
(slang) Extremely fatigued.
(slang) Deeply asleep.
(slang) Drunk.
* 1974 , New York Magazine? (volume 7, number 27, July 1974)
* 2004 , Ed Sanders, Tales of beatnik glory
As a verb donked
is (donk).As an adjective zonked is
(slang) extremely fatigued.donked
English
Verb
(head)donk
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)page 87,
- It was the scene where Steve, Blue, Charl and Pricie-ole-man all mount Seldomfed in the dark and rain on their way to rob a neighbour?s orchard. It would very likely raise a reminiscent smile or grin from one who doubled or trebled or quadrupled-donked it to school.
page 121,
- He rested my shoulder on the lid of the toilet seat and tried pushing me out feet first, but I sagged in the middle and jack-knifed onto the floor, donking my head on the porcelain.
unnumbered page,
- Little Red Riding Hood donked the Big Bad Wolf on the head with the basket and the audience laughed.
Synonyms
* (provide lift on a bicycle) dink, donkey, double-bank, double-dink, double-donk, double-donkeyDerived terms
* donk bet ----zonked
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked .
- I must have been really zonked . They said it took fifteen minutes to wake me up.
- ...swingers in the audience were getting zonked on beer and fresh sea breezes and sound...
- ...playing eight-ball while zonked , chugging beer with locals...
