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▪ I. stonker, n. slang.|ˈstɒŋkə(r)|
[Perh. f. stonk n. + -er6.]
Something which is very large or impressive of its kind; a ‘whopper’.
The narrower sense recorded in quot. 1987 is otherwise unrecorded.
1987P. Yates Sex with P. Yates v. 66 When a man gets very excited, he gets an erection, a.k.a. a hard-on, stonker, etc. 1989Guardian 10 Aug. 15/4 In fact he was driving well and at the 15th, where you are required to let out the braces a bit, produced his No. 1 stonker. 1990Sounds 10 Nov. 43/3 Some might call this album preposterous (several did at the time). But it's a stonker, kicking off with the memorably camp spoken intro ‘Future Legend’. 1994i-D Oct. 113/1 Starts off as a fairly standard X-Press 2 New York rip-off, until half-way through when the mood changes and it becomes an absolute stonker.
▪ II. stonker, v. slang (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.).|ˈstɒŋkə(r)|
[f. stonk + -er5.]
trans. To render useless; to put out of action, thwart. Also, to kill, destroy; to defeat or outwit. Now chiefly as pa. pple.
1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 48 Stonker, exterminate; kill; strike out. 1928Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Feb. 26/4 Then one [shell from a gun] comes in and stonkers 'Iggins and the Company Sergeant-Major. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 72 Stonker, to defeat, outwit, put out of action. 1945R. L. Seddon Whims of W.A.A.F. 4 Benzine restrictions have stonkered my car. 1959G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xiv. 201 He went and stepped on a bloody mine. Stonkered the poor bastard properly.
Hence ˈstonkered ppl. a. (also spec. drunk; excessively intoxicated; extremely tired).
1924Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Stonkered, to be very drunk. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 271 Stonkered, put out of action. 1932A. W. Upfield Royal Abduction 250 ‘Why don't they shut off the confounded thing?’ ‘Too stonkered with surprise, I'll bet.’ 1940F. Sargeson Man & Wife (1944) 76 Once they were a bit stonkered the boys would want to have a bo-peep at the bird while he was asleep. 1948V. Palmer Golconda xix. 161 There were one or two old chaps on the executive who were glad enough to see me stonkered. 1963A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 44 Two on 'em there was, lyin' stonkered in the road. 1967K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman ii. 59 It won't help. I know when I'm stonkered. 1970Private Eye 22 May 16 I'm pretty stonkered. Where can we get a snooze round here? |