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
1 June 2025
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
