Definition of "zonk" in English

noun

1. (slang) An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal).

   • There will always be two doors that hold zonks, so regardless of whether you initially chose the grand prize or a zonk, Monty will always be able to show you a zonk not chosen.
   • A live, mane-embellished, SAG-card-carrying lion, I should point out, who was likely being staged for a few minutes off to the side before he would be used as a freaking “Zonk!” on a freaking game show, for crying out loud.
   • A zonk was way overdue, yet the boys knew that the Seniors knew they would think this was a zonk and would trick the boys by making this another real prize.
   • I have three empty coffee cans, two with prizes and one with a slip of paper that says "Zonk."
   • Avoid the Zonk / On the TV show Let's Make a Deal, contestants often had to choose between three curtains.
   • Once a contestant picked a door, Monty would often open one of the other two doors to reveal a zonk, […]
   • Behind two doors is a “zonk,” that is, something amusing but of little or no value, such as a goat, […]

2. (slang) The feeling of a drug taking hold.

3. (slang) A cigarette hand-rolled from tobacco and cannabis.

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To hit hard .

2. (transitive, slang) To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor .

3. (intransitive, slang, usually followed by “out”) To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious.

   • After two hours of studying, I zonked out.