stonker

English

Etymology

From stonk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

stonker (plural stonkers)

1. (British, slang) Something highly impressive.

   Every record he played was a stonker.

Verb

stonker (third-person singular simple present stonkers, present participle stonkering, simple past and past participle stonkered)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive) To defeat decisively; to trounce.

   Synonym: stonk

2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, transitive) To baffle or dumbfound.

   Synonym: snooker

   • 2018, Arthur W. Upfield, Kees de Hoog, Up and Down Australia Again:

     This sort of stonkers me, but I says to him: […]

Derived terms

• stonkered

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