"sockdolager" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: [sɑk.ˈdɑːɫ.ə.d͡ʒɚ] [General-American] Forms: sockdolagers [plural]
Etymology: 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”. Etymology templates: {{unk|en}} Unknown, {{m|en|sock||to hit}} sock (“to hit”), {{m|en|doxology}} doxology Head templates: {{en-noun}} sockdolager (plural sockdolagers)
  1. (US, slang, dated) A hard hit, a knockout or finishing blow, or conclusive argument. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-sockdolager-en-noun-sRXGwmy7 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 7 35
  2. (US, slang, dated) Something large or otherwise exceptional; a whopper. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-sockdolager-en-noun-KQhL0X-8 Categories (other): American English
  3. (US, fishing) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites. Tags: US Categories (topical): Fishing
    Sense id: en-sockdolager-en-noun-0r6B6fH5 Categories (other): American English Topics: fishing, hobbies, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: socdolager, sockdologer, sogdolloger Derived forms: sockdologizing

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