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.
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Zonk
//zɒŋk//
Synonyms for "zonk"
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Translations
19 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- черен Петър noun (unfavorable card or token)
Czech
1 entries- plíva noun (unfavorable card or token)
Danish
2 entries- nitte noun (unfavorable card or token)
- sorteper noun (unfavorable card or token)
Dutch
1 entries- schijtkaart noun (unfavorable card or token)
German
4 entries- Arschkarte noun (unfavorable card or token)
- Niete noun (unfavorable card or token)
- Schwarzer Peter noun (unfavorable card or token)
- Trostpreis noun (unfavorable card or token)
Hungarian
1 entries- Lucifer noun (unfavorable card or token)
Russian
1 entries- устать verb (become exhausted)
Swedish
1 entries- svarte petter noun (unfavorable card or token)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
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.
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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.
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I have three empty coffee cans, two with prizes and one with a slip of paper that says "Zonk."
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