CONK

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

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Etymology 1

Noun

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

Verb

conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)

(slang) To hit, especially on the head.

Etymology 2

Noun

conk (plural conks)

(US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.

Verb

conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)

(US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.

Etymology 3

Origin unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.

Verb

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.

Anagrams

• Nock, nock

Source: Wiktionary

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