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conk

1  [kongk, kawngk] Slang.
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–noun
1. the head.
2. a blow on the head.
3. British. the nose.
–verb (used with object)
4. to hit or strike on the head.
Origin:
1805–15; of obscure orig.

conk

2  [kongk, kawngk]
–verb (used without object) Slang.
1. to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often fol. by out): The engine conked out halfway there.
2. to slow down or stop; lose energy (often fol. by out).
3. to go to sleep (usually fol. by off or out).
4. to lose consciousness; faint (usually fol. by out).
5. to die (usually fol. by out).
Origin:
1915–20; perh. of imit. orig.

conk

3  [kongk, kawngk]
–noun Mycology.
the shelflike fruiting body of certain wood-decaying fungi; bracket.
Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; of obscure orig.

Related forms:
conky, adjective

conk

4  [kongk, kawngk] Slang.
–noun
1. a method of chemically straightening the hair.
2. a hairstyle in which the hair has been chemically straightened and sometimes set into waves.
–verb (used with object)
3. to straighten (kinky hair) by the use of chemicals: to have one's hair conked.
Also, process.

Origin:
prob. shortening and alter. of congolene, alleged to be the name of a hair straightener made from Congo copal
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conk 1   (kŏngk)   
n.  

    1. The head.

    2. A blow, especially on the head.

  2. Chiefly British The human nose.

v.   conked, conk·ing, conks

v.   tr.
To hit, especially on the head.
v.   intr.

  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.


[N. sense 1b, and v., probably of imitative origin.]
conk 2   (kŏngk)   
n.  A hard, shelflike, spore-bearing structure of certain wood-decaying fungi, found on stumps, logs, or trees.

[Perhaps alteration of conch.]
conk 3   (kŏngk)   
n.  A hairstyle in which the hair is straightened, usually by chemical means. Also called process1.
tr.v.   conked, conk·ing, conks
To straighten (tightly curled hair) usually by chemical means.

[Perhaps alteration of congolene, substance for straightening hair.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
conk

and konk
  1. n.
    the head. : Where'd you get that nasty bump on your konk?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

conk 
as in conk out, 1918, coined by World War I airmen, perhaps in imitation of the sound of a stalling motor, reinforced by conk (v.) "hit on the head," originally "punch in the nose" (1821), from conk (n.), slang for "nose" (1812), perhaps from fancied resemblance to a conch shell.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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