sockdolager
/sɑkˈdɑlɪdʒər/
noun
- 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.
- 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.