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conk ¹  (kngk) Slang

n.

1.

a. The head.

b. A blow, especially on the head.

2. Chiefly British The human nose.

v. conked, conk·ing, conks

v.tr.

To hit, especially on the head.

v.intr.

1. To stop functioning; fail: The engine conked out on the final lap.

2. To fall asleep, especially suddenly or heavily: conked out on the couch watching television.

3. To pass out; faint.

4. To die.

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[Origin unknown.]

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conk ²  (kngk)

n.

A hard, shelflike, spore-bearing structure of certain wood-decaying fungi, found on stumps, logs, or trees.

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[Perhaps alteration of conch.]

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conk Brit, Austral & NZ slang

Noun

the head or nose

Verb

to strike (someone) on the head or nose [probably changed from conch]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	conk - informal term for the nose nose, olfactory organ - the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals; "he has a cold in the nose" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
Verb	1.	conk - come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" stall driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal stop, halt - come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
	2.	conk - hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted" hit - deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument; "He hit her hard in the face"
	3.	conk - 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" 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, expire, pop off, exit, choke, go, pass abort - cease development, die, and be aborted; "an aborting fetus" change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" asphyxiate, stifle, suffocate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" buy it, pip out - be killed or die; drown - die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake" predecease - die before; die earlier than; "She predeceased her husband" conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go - 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" starve, famish - die of food deprivation; "The political prisoners starved to death"; "Many famished in the countryside during the drought" die - suffer or face the pain of death; "Martyrs may die every day for their faith" fall - die, as in battle or in a hunt; "Many soldiers fell at Verdun"; "Several deer have fallen to the same gun"; "The shooting victim fell dead" succumb, yield - be fatally overwhelmed
	4.	conk - pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain faint, pass out, swoon zonk out, pass out, black out - lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example