Conk

//kɒŋk// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair. US, dated
  3. 3
    informal term for the nose wordnet
  4. 4
    A nose, especially a large one. slang
  5. 5
    Alternative spelling of conch. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To hit, especially on the head. slang

    "She came skipping to me just now, clapping her little hands and bleating about how very, very happy she was, dear Mrs Travers. The silly young geezer. I nearly conked her one with my trowel. I'd always thought her half-baked, but now I think they didn't even put her in the oven."

  2. 2
    To chemically straighten tightly curled hair. US, dated

    "The barbecue cook, wearing a dirty white apron, his conked hair reddish and metallic in the pale sun, and a cigarette between his lips, stood in the doorway, watching them."

  3. 3
    To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down. colloquial, often

    "Therefore, have two or more engines, so that there is still some power left if one engine conks."

  4. 4
    pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain wordnet
  5. 5
    To become unconscious. colloquial, often
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  1. 6
    pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life wordnet
  2. 7
    hit, especially on the head wordnet
  3. 8
    come to a stop wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Etymology 2

Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Etymology 3

From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.

Etymology 4

From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.

Etymology 5

Unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.

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