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stonking Definition


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stonk (slang)
noun
    1. An intense artillery bombardment.
verb
    stonked, stonking
    1. To bombard with intense artillery fire.
Etymology: 1940s; although an earlier dialectal meaning of ‘a marble or the stake put up in a game of marbles' dates from 19c.




stonking
adj
    1. colloq
      Excellent.
adverb
    1. Extremely.
      Example: a stonking big cup of coffee
Etymology: 1980s.



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