sockdolager

/sɑkˈdɑlɪdʒər/
noun
  1. A decisive blow or argument that settles a matter.
    • The boxer's right hook was a sockdolager that knocked out his opponent.
    • His final point was a sockdolager that ended the debate.
    • She delivered a sockdolager of a speech that convinced everyone.
  2. Something outstanding or exceptional of its kind.
    • That new roller coaster is a real sockdolager.
    • The storm was a sockdolager, breaking records for rainfall.
    • Her performance was a sockdolager; the crowd gave her a standing ovation.
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