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Gonked vs Zonked - What's the difference?

gonked | zonked |

As a verb gonked

is past tense of gonk.

As an adjective zonked is

extremely fatigued.

gonked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (gonk)

    • gonk

    English

    (wikipedia gonk)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops.
  • A stupid or dull person.
  • (UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

    • Synonyms

    * (stupid person) see * (sense, prostitute's client) see

    References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sleep.
  • (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

    • References

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    zonked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Extremely fatigued.
    • After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked .
  • (slang) Deeply asleep.
    • I must have been really zonked . They said it took fifteen minutes to wake me up.
  • (slang) Drunk.
  • * 1974 , New York Magazine? (volume 7, number 27, July 1974)
    • ...swingers in the audience were getting zonked on beer and fresh sea breezes and sound...
  • * 2004 , Ed Sanders, Tales of beatnik glory
    • ...playing eight-ball while zonked , chugging beer with locals...

    Synonyms

    * (extremely fatigued) knackered (UK slang) * See also * (deeply asleep) fast asleep

    Related terms

    * zonk * zonk out

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