conk
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
conk (plural conks)
- 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.
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- Alternative spelling of conch
- French: langue
conk (conks, present participle conking; past and past participle conked)
- (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 1227855 ↗:
- 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.
- French: cogner
- Portuguese: dar (um) cascudo
conk (plural conks)
- (US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
conk (conks, present participle conking; past and past participle conked)
- (US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,
- 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.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,
conk (conks, present participle conking; past and past participle conked)
- (colloquial, often, with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.
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