sockdolager

noun

säk-ˈdä-li-jər How to pronounce sockdolager (audio)
variants or sockdologer
Definition of sockdolagernext
as in beauty
something very good of its kind the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description

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  1. beauty
  2. dream
  3. ripsnorter
  4. corker
  5. humdinger
  6. lollapalooza
  7. beaut
Noun
  • Beyond those losses and many more, historic structures and cultural institutions have fallen, a blow to Southern California’s beauty and cultural identity.
    R. Daniel Foster, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Over the past few years Liberty has been investing in the store and upgrading its fashion and beauty offer.
    Samantha Conti, WWD, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • Fall asleep and dream about being slowly forced, as if by some mechanized peristalsis, through the digestive tract of a huge synthetic worm that then deposits me into a lightless industrial kitchen.
    Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Mercurial, vengeful and fixated on forming a safe space for Mormons, Brigham Young stops at nothing to see his dream realized.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of dream
Noun
  • Julia Roberts is the divine ripsnorter of weeping.
    New York Times, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2022
  • Will relish manager Brendan Rodgers style of play, and could have another ripsnorter of a campaign.
    SI.com, SI.com, 6 July 2019
Definition of ripsnorter
Noun
  • Styled by Max Ortega September 3, 2024 HIGH AND MIGHTY Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.
    Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Understatement has its merits, but so too does a bolt of pure whimsy—just ask model Abby Champion (near right) and her corker of a Stefan Cooke hat; stefancooke.co.uk.
    Sean Thomas, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of corker
Noun
  • On Monday night, the writers presented me with a real humdinger of a stupid thing to make famous people do: putting something in their mouths that was either sweet, savory, or a piece of paper.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2024
  • This augurs to be a humdinger of an election, as only a small number of undecided voters in a small number of battleground states really count for an Electoral College victory.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2024
Definition of humdinger
Noun
  • Mikhail might have shuffled off this mortal coil early, but his spirit lingers in a lollapalooza gallery that represents in flavor and type, though not in exact content, Impressionist salons in the 1870s into the early 1880s.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Worries about Trump’s button finger were seeping out of Washington even before the book lollapalooza.
    Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 5 Jan. 2018
Definition of lollapalooza
Noun
  • Kitsch makes some of our favorites, and this gold beaut is a 2023 Best of Beauty winner.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 17 Sep. 2024
  • All hues look fabulous in photos and the long-wearing, crease-proof claims are true, too—these beauts simply do not budge.
    Deanna Pai and Sarah Han, Allure, 3 Sep. 2024
Definition of beaut
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