sockdolager

名词 n.
中文释义
美 [ˌsɑkˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument. US,dated,slang
    — He’ll come off as badly as a feller I once hit a sledge hammer lick over the head—a real sogdolloger.
  2. Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper. US,dated,slang
    — Hey, Al, thought I'd call you from the locker room out here at Green Hills. Just made a sockdolager hole in one! A hole in one, Al! (etc.)
  3. A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. US

词形变化

sockdolagers plural socdolager alternative sockdologer alternative sogdolloger alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
sockdologizing

词源

Unknown, 1827 US, presumably fanciful variant of sock (“to hit”); compare contemporary fanciful American coinages.
Various speculative etymologies have been suggested, such as corruption of doxology, due to this occurring at the end of church worship, hence “finality”.
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