conk

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conk¹

C0546900 (kŏngk) Slang n.1. a. The head.b. A blow, especially on the head.2. Chiefly British The human nose.v. conked, conk·ing, conks v.tr. To hit, especially on the head.v.intr.1. To stop functioning; fail: The engine conked out on the final lap.2. To fall asleep, especially suddenly or heavily: conked out on the couch watching television.3. To pass out; faint.4. To die.

[Perhaps variant of conch. N., sense 1b, and v., probably of imitative origin.]

conk²

C0546900 (kŏngk)n. A hard, shelflike, spore-bearing structure of certain wood-decaying fungi, found on stumps, logs, or trees.

[Perhaps alteration of conch.]

conk³

C0546900 (kŏngk)n. A hairstyle in which the hair is straightened, usually by chemical means. Also called process¹.tr.v. conked, conk·ing, conks To straighten (tightly curled hair) usually by chemical means.

[Perhaps alteration of congolene, substance for straightening hair.]

conk

(kɒŋk) vbto strike (someone) a blow, esp on the head or nosen1. a punch or blow, esp on the head or nose2. the head or (esp Brit and NZ) the nose[C19: probably changed from conch]

conk¹

(kɒŋk, kɔŋk)
Slang.
v.t. 1. to hit on the head. 2. the head. 3. a blow on the head. [1805–15; of obscure orig.]

conk²

(kɒŋk, kɔŋk)
Slang.
v.i. 1. to break down or fail, as a machine or engine (often fol. by out). 2. to slow down or stop; lose energy (often fol. by out). 3. to go to sleep (usu. fol. by off or out). 4. to lose consciousness; faint (usu. fol. by out). 5. to die. [1915–20; perhaps of imitative orig.]

conk³

(kɒŋk, kɔŋk)

n. the shelflike fruiting body of certain wood-decaying fungi; bracket. [1850–55, Amer.; of obscure orig.]

conk⁴

(kɒŋk, kɔŋk)

n. Also called process. 1. a method of chemically straightening the hair. 2. a hairstyle in which the hair is chemically straightened and sometimes set into waves. v.t. 3. to straighten (hair) by the use of chemicals; process. [probably shortening and alter. of congolene, alleged to be the name of a hair straightener made from Congo copal]

conk

Past participle: conked
Gerund: conking

Imperative
conk
conk

Present
I conk
you conk
he/she/it conks
we conk
you conk
they conk

Preterite
I conked
you conked
he/she/it conked
we conked
you conked
they conked

Present Continuous
I am conking
you are conking
he/she/it is conking
we are conking
you are conking
they are conking

Present Perfect
I have conked
you have conked
he/she/it has conked
we have conked
you have conked
they have conked

Past Continuous
I was conking
you were conking
he/she/it was conking
we were conking
you were conking
they were conking

Past Perfect
I had conked
you had conked
he/she/it had conked
we had conked
you had conked
they had conked

Future
I will conk
you will conk
he/she/it will conk
we will conk
you will conk
they will conk

Future Perfect
I will have conked
you will have conked
he/she/it will have conked
we will have conked
you will have conked
they will have conked

Future Continuous
I will be conking
you will be conking
he/she/it will be conking
we will be conking
you will be conking
they will be conking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been conking
you have been conking
he/she/it has been conking
we have been conking
you have been conking
they have been conking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been conking
you will have been conking
he/she/it will have been conking
we will have been conking
you will have been conking
they will have been conking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been conking
you had been conking
he/she/it had been conking
we had been conking
you had been conking
they had been conking

Conditional
I would conk
you would conk
he/she/it would conk
we would conk
you would conk
they would conk

Past Conditional
I would have conked
you would have conked
he/she/it would have conked
we would have conked
you would have conked
they would have conked

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conk - informal term for the nosenose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose"Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Verb	1.	conk - come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"stalldriving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animalstop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
	2.	conk - hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted"hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	3.	conk - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, expire, pop off, exit, choke, go, passabort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"buy it, pip out - be killed or die;drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband"conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought"die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith"fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead"succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
	4.	conk - pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brainfaint, pass out, swoonzonk out, pass out, black out - lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example

conk

noun1. Slang. The uppermost part of the body:head, noddle, pate, poll.Slang: bean, block, dome, noggin, noodle, nut.2. Slang. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop.Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop.Slang: belt, paste.verbSlang. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.Slang: belt, paste.Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.phrasal verb
conk out1. Slang. To cease functioning properly:break down, fail, give out.2. Slang. To suddenly lose all health or strength:break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out, succumb.Informal: crack up.Idiom: give way.

Translations

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conk

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conk off

1. slang To fall asleep. He was so tired after his long day at work that he conked off during the movie.2. slang Of a machine, to break or completely lose functionality. Judging by all that noise coming from her car, I'm pretty sure it's about to conk off. The blender stopped working again today—it must be ready to conk off.See also: conk, off

conk out

1. slang To fall asleep. He was so tired after his long day at work that he conked out during the movie.2. slang Of a machine, to break or completely lose functionality. Judging by all that noise coming from her car, I'm pretty sure it's about to conk out. The blender stopped working again today—it must be ready to conk out.3. To faint. Sarah conked out as soon as she crossed the finish line, but luckily her boyfriend was able to catch her.4. To die. When Jared has any sort of illness, he immediately frets that he's going to conk out.See also: conk, out

conk-buster

1. Cheap liquor or alcohol. You must really want to get drunk tonight if you keep drinking that conk-buster—it's disgusting!2. A challenging situation or problem. Well, that's a conk-buster—I don't know if a mathematician could even solve it!

conk off

and conk out 1. Sl. (from years ago.) to fall asleep. I conked off about midnight. I was so tired that I nearly conked off. I was afraid I would conk out while I was driving. 2. Sl. (always conk out.) [for something] to break down; to quit running. My car conked out finally. I hope my computer doesn't conk out.See also: conk, off

conk out

1. Stop functioning, fail, as in The engine finally conked out. [Colloquial; early 1900s] 2. Fall asleep, as in Every evening he conked out in front of the television set. [1940s] 3. Faint or collapse, as in I don't know if it was the heat, but she suddenly conked out. [1920s] 4. Die, as in He's paranoid about conking out and he's only twenty! [Late 1920s] See also: conk, out

conk out

v. Slang 1. To fail to function; cease to be useful, effective, or operable: My computer conked out on me. The car's engine conked out halfway through the race.2. To go to sleep, especially due to exhaustion: I conked out after studying all night.3. To lose consciousness or awareness: He conked out after being hit by the ball. She took some medicine and conked out.4. To cause someone or something to lose consciousness or awareness: The ball hit the goalie's head and conked her out. The mugger conked him out and grabbed his briefcase.See also: conk, out

conk

and konk n. the head. Where’d you get that nasty bump on your konk?

conk off

in. to fall asleep. I conked off about midnight. See also: conk, off

conk out

1. in. [for someone] to collapse, and perhaps fall asleep. I was so tired I just went home and conked out. 2. in. [for something] to break down; to quit running. I hope my computer doesn’t conk out. See also: conk, out

conk-buster

and konk-buster (ˈkɔŋkbəstɚ)1. n. inferior liquor. Jed kept a jar of conk-buster under his bed against night sweats. 2. n. a hard-to-answer question or problem. Man, what you’re asking is really a conk-buster.

conk out, to

Fall asleep or lose consciousness. This colloquialism was coined by aviators during World War I. It was thought to be imitative of the noise an engine makes just before it breaks down completely. The term is still used for mechanical failures, but by the mid-1900s it was being applied to human beings. Thus, Maurice Herzog had it in Annapurna (1952): “I told Lionel that rather than conk out next day on the slope, it seemed far better for me to go down.”See also: conk

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noun the uppermost part of the body

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noun a sudden sharp, powerful stroke

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verb to deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply

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phrase conk out: to cease functioning properly

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phrase conk out: to suddenly lose all health or strength

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noun informal term for the nose

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verb come to a stop

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verb hit, especially on the head

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verb pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

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verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

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