Sockdolager: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Sockdolager noun. A decisive blow or remark that settles a matter.
How to say it
sok-DOL-uh-juh/sɒkˈdɒlədʒə/
4 syllables, stressed on the second (DOL).
Meanings
- A decisive blow or remark that settles a matter.
- Something outstanding or exceptional of its kind.
Sockdolager in a sentence
Her closing argument was a sockdolager; the other side had nothing left.
That storm was a sockdolager, flattening fences all along the coast.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- knockout
- clincher
- humdinger
- corker
Where sockdolager comes from
American slang from the 1800s, of uncertain origin.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
That storm was a _____, flattening fences all along the coast.
- sockdolager
- panjandrum
- kerfuffle
Show the answer
sockdolager: That storm was a sockdolager, flattening fences all along the coast.