conk out

vb (intr, adverb) Informal

1. (Engineering / General Engineering) (of machines, cars, etc.) to fail suddenly

2. to tire suddenly or collapse, as from exhaustion

[of uncertain origin]

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Verb	1.	conk out - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - 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" go down, crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" blow out, burn out, blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned"
	2.	conk out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" poop out, peter out, run down, run out fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

Translations

? conk out

vi (inf) → es aufstecken (inf), → den Geist aufgeben; (person, = faint) → umkippen (inf); (= die) → ins Gras beißen (inf)

conk out [ˌkɒŋkˈaʊt] vi + adv (fam) (break down) → rompersi

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be born break buy the farm cash in one's chips conk decease die drop dead expire fail give out give-up the ghost go bad kick the bucket malfunction misfunction pass away perish pip out	[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * If dealing with an unexploded bomb wasn't hairy enough, try it with a battery that may conk out in the middle of the job. Battery to extend work-life of bomb-disposal robots by Jacks, Jason / National Defense He should be safe, as it will probably conk out before it reaches him. Rail investment in North is essential; VOICE OF THE NORTH by The Journal (Newcastle, England) This is several years too late, assert critics who point to the board's history of unreliability, its faulty bulbs, cramped figures and shabby outlook, its tendency to freeze at key moments or spout gibberish, conk out or fail to start as a convincing body of evidence that it should have been trashed long ago. MALIGNED BOARD STILL HAS A FEW SCORES TO SETTLE by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)	conjunctive conjunctive adverb conjunctive eye movement Conjunctive mood Conjunctive tissue Conjunctively Conjunctiveness conjunctivitis conjunctivitis arida Conjunctly conjuncture conjunto conjuration Conjurator conjure conjure away conjure man conjure up Conjurement conjurer conjuring conjuring trick conjuror Conjury conk conk out conker conkers Conkling conn Conn's syndrome Conn. Connacht Connaraceae Connarus Connarus guianensis Connascence Connascent connate Connate-perfoliate Connation connatural Connaturality Connaturalize Connaturally Connaturalness Connature Connaught connect connect time connect up	conjure up conjure up conjured conjured conjured Conjurement conjurer conjurer conjurer conjurers conjurers conjures conjures conjures conjuring conjuring conjuring conjuring conjuring trick conjuror conjuror conjuror conjurors conjurors conjury conjury CONJUVE conk conk conk off conk out conked conked conker conker Conker Live and Reloaded Conker tree Conker tree Conker's Bad Fur Day Conkers Conkers conking conking Conklin Conklin, Edwin G Conklin, Edwin G. Conklin, Edwin Grant Conklin, George T, Jr Conklin, George T., Jr. Conkling Conkling Fiskum & Mccormick Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Roscoe Conkling, Roscoe conks conks CONLAMIC Conlang X-Sampa CONLATINGRAF conlectio conlega

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be born
break
buy the farm
cash in one's chips
conk
decease
die
drop dead
expire
fail
give out
give-up the ghost
go bad
kick the bucket
malfunction
misfunction
pass away
perish
pip out

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] * If dealing with an unexploded bomb wasn't hairy enough, try it with a battery that may conk out in the middle of the job.

Battery to extend work-life of bomb-disposal robots by Jacks, Jason / National Defense

He should be safe, as it will probably conk out before it reaches him.

Rail investment in North is essential; VOICE OF THE NORTH by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

This is several years too late, assert critics who point to the board's history of unreliability, its faulty bulbs, cramped figures and shabby outlook, its tendency to freeze at key moments or spout gibberish, conk out or fail to start as a convincing body of evidence that it should have been trashed long ago.

MALIGNED BOARD STILL HAS A FEW SCORES TO SETTLE by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)