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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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The conk was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s up to the early-to-mid 1960s. This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer called congolene , an initially homemade hair straightener gel made from the extremely corrosive chemical lye which was often ...
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.
CONK meaning: 1. a nose 2. to hit someone, usually on the head with a heavy object 3. a nose. Learn more.
Jun 2, 2024 · conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked) (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, 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. 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.
1. to strike (someone) a blow, esp on the head or nose. noun. 2. a punch or blow, esp on the head or nose. 3. the head or (esp Brit and NZ) the nose. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definition of conk verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
