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- Dictionaryconk/kɒŋk/
verb
- 1. hit (someone) on the head: "the clown conked him"
noun
- 1. a person's nose: informal British "look at the size of that conk!"
- 2. a person's head: dated, informal "a persistent idea has been buzzing about in my conk"
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CONK definition: 1. a nose 2. to hit someone, usually on the head with a heavy object 3. a nose. Learn more.
: the visible fruiting body of a bracket fungus. also : decay caused by such a fungus. conky. ˈkäŋ-kē. ˈkȯŋ- adjective. conk. 4 of 6. verb (2) conked; conking; conks. intransitive verb. 1. : break down.
If you conk someone, you bang them on the head. You can also conk your own head on a low-hanging light fixture or cabinet door. Conk is an informal way to say "hit" or "bang," especially when it's someone's head bumping into something.
noun. a method of chemically straightening the hair. a hairstyle in which the hair has been chemically straightened and sometimes set into waves. verb (used with object) to straighten (kinky hair) by the use of chemicals:
1. British. the nose. 2. the head. 3. a blow on the head. verb transitive. 4. Slang. to hit on the head. Idioms: conk out.
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. [Perhaps variant of conch. N., sense 1b, and v., probably of imitative origin.] conk 2. (kŏngk) n.
CONK meaning: 1. a nose 2. to hit someone, usually on the head with a heavy object 3. a nose. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English conk1 /kɒŋk $ kɑːŋk, kɒːŋk/ noun [countable] British English informal a nose conk2 verb [transitive] informal to hit someone hard, especially on the head → conk out → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus conk • They came, they saw, they got conked.
Origin of Conk. Perhaps variant of conch N., sense 1b, and v., probably of imitative origin. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Perhaps alteration of congolene substance for straightening hair. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. Perhaps alteration of conch.
Definition of conk verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
