Meanings
verbzonk out (third-person singular simple present zonks out, present participle zonking out, simple past and past participle zonked out)
present singular third person zonks out · participle present zonking out · participle past zonked out · past zonked out · alternative zoink out
- slangTo fall suddenly into a very deep sleep.
After a full day of playing, you'd think that kid would finally zonk out.
Synonyms & antonyms
verblose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
Broader
change stateturn
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian заспивам внезапно
- заспивам внезапно (zaspivam vnezapno)fall suddenly into a very deep sleep
Dutch het bewustzijn verliezen, in diepe slaap verzinken
- het bewustzijn verliezenfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
- in diepe slaap verzinkenfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
Finnish sammua
- sammuafall suddenly into a very deep sleep
German einschlafen, wegtreten
- einschlafenfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
- wegtretenfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
- weg seinfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
- das Bewusstsein verlierenfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
- ohnmächtig werdenfall suddenly into a very deep sleep
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APA
zonk out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zonk%20out
MLA
“zonk out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zonk%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zonk out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zonk%20out.
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