sockeroo

[ sok-uh-roo ]

noun

, Slang.

, plural sock·er·oos.

1. a notable success:

   Her performance was a sockeroo.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sockeroo¹

An Americanism dating back to 1940–45; sock ² + -eroo

Example Sentences

Watch the old right, keed, watch the old K.O. sockeroo.

From Project Gutenberg

Broadway would have called him a sockeroo.

From Time Magazine Archive