conk

Plural: conks

Noun

• informal term for the nose
• 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.
• A nose, especially a large one.
• Alternative spelling of conch.
• A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.

Verb

Verb Forms: conked, conking, conks

• To hit someone on the head, often forcefully.
• come to a stop
• hit, especially on the head
  • "The stranger conked him and he fainted"
• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
• pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
• To hit, especially on the head.
• To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
• To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
• To become unconscious.

Examples

• He wanted to CONK his head on the table after accidentally missing a triple word score.

Synonyms

buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, faint, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, pass out, perish, pop off, snuff it, stall, swoon

Antonyms

be born

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