Zonk

//zɒŋk//

"Zonk" in a Sentence (8 examples)

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, […]

After two hours of studying, I zonked out.

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