EGAVE

conk

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun A nose, especially a large one.
  3. noun Alternative spelling of conch.
  4. verb To hit, especially on the head.
  5. noun A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
  6. verb To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
  7. verb To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down.
  8. verb To become unconscious.

Similar words

stall croak choke pass out swoon snuff it faint drop dead kick the bucket buy the farm

Often followed by

out on and him is was of ling in

Word family

conked conking conks conky process

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