conk
(noun) informal term for the nose
faint, conk, swoon, pass out
(verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
(verb) 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”
conk
(verb) hit, especially on the head; “The stranger conked him and he fainted”
stall, conk
(verb) come to a stop; “The car stalled in the driveway”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
conk (plural conks)
The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk.
(slang) A nose, especially a large one.
Alternative spelling of conch
conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)
(slang) To hit, especially on the head.
conk (plural conks)
(US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)
(US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
Origin unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.
conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)
(colloquial, often, with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.
• Nock, nock
Source: Wiktionary
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.
