Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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person. I feel like such a zombie. Maybe
I’m not eating right. I’m just a zombie
at this hour of the morning.

zoned (out) 1. mod. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. What’s the matter with your
eyes? Get a little zoned last night? Yeah,
I’m sort of zoned out. 2. mod. exhausted.
After a day like this, I’m really zoned. 
Gotta get to bed. I’m just zoned out.


zonk[zONk] 1. tv. to overpower someone or
something. We zonked the dog with a
kick. It took two cops to zonk the creep.



  1. tv. to tire someone out. (See also
    zonked (out).) The pills zonked me, but
    they made my cold better. Jogging al-
    ways zonks me.


zonked (out) and zounked (out)
[zONkt... and zaUNkt...] 1. mod. alcohol
or drug intoxicated. She’s too zonked
to drive. Jed was almost zounked out
to unconsciousness. 2. mod. exhausted;
asleep. She was totally zonked out by the
time I got home. I’m zounked. Good
night.


zonker[“zONk#] 1. n. a drunkard. The
zonker just can’t help himself. If I had
known she was a confirmed zonker, I never
would have given her a drink. 2. n. a mar-
ijuana smoker. (Drugs.) A lot of these
zonkers may take six years to get through
high school. You are turning into a first-
class zonker.


zonk outin. to collapse from exhaustion;
to go into a stupor from drugs or ex-
haustion. I’m gonna go home and zonk
out. I went home after the trip and just
zonked out.


zoon. a confusing and chaotic place. 
This place is a zoo on Monday mornings.
Where is the person in charge of this
zoo?


zoobang[“zubAN] mod. alcohol intoxi-
cated.  Boy howdy! Are you ever
zoobang! So, you think I’m zoobang?
You want to step outside?


zooed[zud] mod. drunk. Sam likes to go
out and get zooed every weekend. Garth
is so silly when he’s zooed.


zooie and zooey[“zui] mod. confusing and
chaotic. (See also zoo.) I can’t get any-
thing done in this zooie place. It’s never
zooey in my office, except for a little row-
diness at closing time.

zoom 1. tv. to gain entry to someplace
without paying. Both of them zoomed
the circus, and both of them got arrested.
Let’s go zoom Martha’s party! 2. and
zoom offin. to have a drug rush.
(Drugs.) Sam zoomed off and thought
he had gone to heaven. Pete knows how
to keep zooming for about twenty minutes.


  1. and zoom offin. to depart; to leave
    in a hurry. Time’s up. I’ve gotta zoom.
    Oh, you don’t have to zoom off, do you?


zoomies[“zumiz] n. members of the U.S.
Air Force. (A nickname used by the
Army. Persian Gulf War.) The zoomies
attacked the airfield and damaged a lot of
planes. The zoomies attacked the spy
headquarters and caused a lot of damage.

zoom in (on someone or something)in.
to focus or concentrate narrowly on
someone or something. The conversa-
tion zoomed in on Sally and her recent
narrow escape from drowning. Let’s
zoom in on the question of salary.

zoom offGo to zoom.

zoom outin. to lose control. I nearly
zoomed out when I got the news. Fred
zoomed out and started screaming at
Ernie.

zoom someone outtv. to impress some-
one. You can’t zoom me out, you twit!
TFreddie is trying to zoom out Tiffany
again.

zoom upin. to drive or pull up to a place.
A car zoomed up, and seven kids got out.
Let’s zoom up to the door and see if she’s
home.

zooted[“zud@d] mod. alcohol intoxicated.
Both of them were zooted to the max. 
She was too zooted to even see straight.

zootied [“zutid] mod. intoxicated with
drugs or alcohol. Hank seems to be
zootied. What’s he on? Garth acts like
a yutz whether he’s zootied or not.

zootied
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