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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024conk1 /kɑŋk, kɔŋk/USA pronunciation Slang.v. [~ + object] - Slang Termsto strike on the head:She conked him and ran out before the police came.
n. [countable] - Slang Termsthe head.
- Slang Termsa blow on the head.
conk2 /kɑŋk, kɔŋk/USA pronunciation v. Slang.- Slang Terms (of a machine or engine) to break down or fail;
slow down or stop:[~ + out]The engine just conked out and the plane nosed down quickly. - Slang Terms to go to sleep:[~ + out/off]My wife usually conks out by ten-thirty.
- Slang Terms to lose consciousness;
faint:[~ + out]He conked out after hitting his head.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024conk1 (kongk, kôngk),USA pronunciation [Slang.]n. - Slang Termsthe head.
- Slang Termsa blow on the head.
- Slang Terms[Brit.]the nose.
v.t. - Slang Termsto hit or strike on the head.
- of obscure origin, originally 1805–15
- Slang Termsto break or fail, as a machine or engine (often fol. by out):The engine conked out halfway there.
- Slang Termsto slow down or stop;
lose energy (often fol. by out). - Slang Termsto go to sleep (usually fol. by off or out).
- Slang Termsto lose consciousness;
faint (usually fol. by out). - Slang Termsto die (usually fol. by out).
- perh. of imitative origin, originally 1915–20
- Microbiology, Fungithe shelflike fruiting body of certain wood-decaying fungi;
bracket.
- of obscure origin, originally 1850–55, American.
- Slang Termsa method of chemically straightening the hair.
- Slang Termsa hairstyle in which the hair has been chemically straightened and sometimes set into waves.
v.t. - Slang Termsto straighten (kinky hair) by the use of chemicals:to have one's hair conked.
Also, process. - probably shortening and alteration of congolene, alleged to be the name of a hair straightener made from Congo copal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: conk /kɒŋk/ slang vb - to strike (someone) a blow, esp on the head or nose
n - a punch or blow, esp on the head or nose
- the head or (esp Brit and NZ) the nose
Etymology: 19th Century: probably changed from conch |