The Spitfire's fuel was gravity fed. If you flew upside down, the engine would conk out.
Source: tatoeba (2082355)
Conk
//kɒŋk//
Synonyms for "conk" (100 found)
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9 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 8 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- удрям verb (slang: to hit)
Finnish
1 entries- kääpä noun (in mycology: the shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus)
French
4 entries- langue noun (in mycology: the shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus)
- cogner verb (slang: to hit)
- lâcher verb (to cease operating, break down)
- péter verb (to cease operating, break down)
German
3 entries- Porling noun (in mycology: the shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus)
- schlagen verb (slang: to hit)
- treffen verb (slang: to hit)
Hungarian
3 entries- fejbe kólint/vág/ver/csap verb (slang: to hit)
- kiegyenesít verb (to chemically straighten tightly curled hair)
- kisimít verb (to chemically straighten tightly curled hair)
Icelandic
1 entries- rotast verb (to become unconscious)
Portuguese
1 entries- dar cascudo verb (slang: to hit)
Welsh
1 entries- carn noun (in mycology: the shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
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.
Source: wiktionary
Therefore, have two or more engines, so that there is still some power left if one engine conks.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.