Zonkey vs Zonked - What's the difference?

As a noun zonkey

is the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

(slang) extremely fatigued.

(en noun)

The offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

(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...

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