stonker

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English

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Etymology

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From stonk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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stonker (plural stonkers)

  1. (British, slang) Something highly impressive.
    Every record he played was a stonker.

Verb

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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: []

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