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As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.
Len Goodman

Meaning of "conk" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONK

Probably changed from conch.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONK

conk  [kɒŋk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conk is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb conk in English.

WHAT DOES CONK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

conk

Conk

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Definition of conk in the English dictionary

The first definition of conk in the dictionary is to strike a blow, esp on the head or nose. Other definition of conk is a punch or blow, esp on the head or nose. Conk is also the head or the nose.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONK

PRESENT

Present
I conk
you conk
he/she/it conks
we conk
you conk
they conk
Present continuous
I am conking
you are conking
he/she/it is conking
we are conking
you are conking
they are conking
Present perfect
I have conked
you have conked
he/she/it has conked
we have conked
you have conked
they have conked
Present perfect continuous
I have been conking
you have been conking
he/she/it has been conking
we have been conking
you have been conking
they have been conking
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I conked
you conked
he/she/it conked
we conked
you conked
they conked
Past continuous
I was conking
you were conking
he/she/it was conking
we were conking
you were conking
they were conking
Past perfect
I had conked
you had conked
he/she/it had conked
we had conked
you had conked
they had conked
Past perfect continuous
I had been conking
you had been conking
he/she/it had been conking
we had been conking
you had been conking
they had been conking
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will conk
you will conk
he/she/it will conk
we will conk
you will conk
they will conk
Future continuous
I will be conking
you will be conking
he/she/it will be conking
we will be conking
you will be conking
they will be conking
Future perfect
I will have conked
you will have conked
he/she/it will have conked
we will have conked
you will have conked
they will have conked
Future perfect continuous
I will have been conking
you will have been conking
he/she/it will have been conking
we will have been conking
you will have been conking
they will have been conking
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would conk
you would conk
he/she/it would conk
we would conk
you would conk
they would conk
Conditional continuous
I would be conking
you would be conking
he/she/it would be conking
we would be conking
you would be conking
they would be conking
Conditional perfect
I would have conk
you would have conk
he/she/it would have conk
we would have conk
you would have conk
they would have conk
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been conking
you would have been conking
he/she/it would have been conking
we would have been conking
you would have been conking
they would have been conking
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you conk
we let´s conk
you conk
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to conk
Past participle
conked
Present Participle
conking
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONK


bonk
bɒŋk
clonk
klɒŋk
conch
kɒŋk
cronk
krɒŋk
gonk
ɡɒŋk
honk
hɒŋk
honky-tonk
ˈhɒŋkɪˌtɒŋk
Lonk
lɒŋk
plonk
plɒŋk
ponk
pɒŋk
pronk
prɒŋk
quonk
kwɒŋk
stonk
stɒŋk
tonk
tɒŋk
tronc
trɒŋk
tronk
trɒŋk
wonk
wɒŋk
zonk
zɒŋk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONK

conjuration
conjurator
conjure
conjure up
conjurement
conjurer
conjuring
conjuring trick
conjuror
conjury
conk out
conker
conkers
conkout
conky
conn
Conn.
Connacht
connascence
connascency

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONK

bank
Black Monk
blank
dank
drink
drunk
frank
I don´t think
ink
link
monk
permalink
pink
policy wonk
rank
tank
thank
the West Bank
think
White Monk

Synonyms and antonyms of conk in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conk» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONK

Find out the translation of conk to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conk from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «conk» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

子实体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conk
570 millions of speakers

English

conk
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

नाक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اغمى عليه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

носище
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

conk
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নাসিকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Conk
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gurke
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頭を殴る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

망 가지다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Conk
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mui
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

conk
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bozulmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dare un colpo in testa a
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nochal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

носіще
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

conk
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

neus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conk

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONK»

The term «conk» is regularly used and occupies the 101.717 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONK» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «conk» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «conk» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about conk

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2 QUOTES WITH «CONK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conk.
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Len Goodman
As you get older, things conk out. It's a bit like a car. As long as it's something the mechanics can fix, you can chug on for a few more thousand miles.
2
Keke Palmer
I'm a workaholic, so I ignore the signs of fatigue and just keep going and going, and then conk out when I get home. It can be pretty stressful.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONK»

Discover the use of conk in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conk and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
[(1) their mutual dependence on sleight of hand; (2) what he 'pulls out of his hat' is a sentence] conk n.1 (also konk) 1 [early-mid- 19C] (UK Und.) an informer, a thief who betrays his accomplices. 2 [early 19C-1900s] a policeman. 3 [early 19C+] ...
Jonathon Green, 2005
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On the Side of My People: A Religious Life of Malcolm X
And invariably, the style necessitated that the men "conk" their hair. Malcolm's first exposure to the "conk" style was when he came to Boston. He later recalled that, at the time, he couldn't stop marveling at how straight and shiny — and how  ...
Louis A. DeCaro, 1996
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Field Guide to the Natural World of New York City
CHAPTER 6 mushrooms Artist's Conk: Ganoderma applanatum ETYMOLOGY Ganoderma: bright skin; applanatum: flat PLACE OF ORIGIN North America Description The artist's conk is a large, semicircular shelf fungus, which grows on the ...
Leslie Day, 2013
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2011 International Conference in Electrics, Communication ...
Left shift 1bit AND Gate XOR Gate Left shift 1bit XOR Gate Left shift 1bit XOR Gate conk conk+1 conk+2 con2k–1 ck ck+1 c 2k–3 AND Gate AND Gate ... ... ... ... ... ... Circuit for conk+1 Fig. 119.2 Configure signal circuit to compute the configure ...
Ran Chen, 2011
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Holy America
Conk. Buck, spell Beelzebub. Buck. B-e-l-l-s-e-b-u-b. Conk. That's fine; didn't know you could spell so well. Spell Aristotle. Buck. A-r-i-z-t-o-t-t-e-l. Conk. Good again. Now spell Arizona. Buck. A-r-i-z-o-n-a. Conk. Wrong. That' s no way to spell ...
Isaac Pitman Noyes, 1903
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Phraseologia Anglo-germanica: Or, A Collection of More Than ...
i> nok^inF k/iak n»,«nk conk^iöuke es /H 0/ NI> /e/ici>x. Er sparte nici zur Vcrvollkommung seines Glück<< Glückseligkeit) deytragen konnte.- Science conk^iKvk« ko kne es/? «/ ö» ^«nikv 0/ m,n</. Diese Wissenschaft zur Körperruhe und ...
Frederic William Haussner, 1798
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Buddy Hemp
called the boat phone and Conk answered. Buddy said, “Hey man, I just called to see if you were up yet?” Conk said, “Well, I am now damn it.” Buddy said “Oh hell. Get your ass up and quit bitching. You want a beer or what. Conk said I've got ...
Joseph Hester, 2014
8
Oaks in the Urban Landscape: Selection, Care, and Preservation
Note the rustybrown spores (spore print) on the bark below the conk. The upper surface is graybrown, hard, and has concentric furrows and ridges. B. Hagen Figure 7.148. A large Ganoderma applanatum conk on the base ofa black oak.
Laurence Raleigh Costello, Bruce W. Hagen, Katherine S. Jones, 2011
9
Insects and diseases of Alaskan forests
Root Diseases 155 Annosus Root Disease 155 Armillaria Root Disease 158 Tomentosus Root Rot 160 Wood Decays and Stains 162 Pini Conk 163 Pinicola Conk 166 Chicken of the Woods 168 Velvet Top Fungus 170 Artist's Conk 172 ...
Edward H. Holsten, United States. Forest Service. Alaska Region, 2001
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The western hemlock
FUNGI (CONK AND GROUND-ROT), Few Western trees maintain so continual a warfare to preserve existence as does the Hemlock. Its shallow root system is exposed to ground fires and also renders the tree unable to withstand heavy winds.
Edward Tyson Allen, 1902

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conk is used in the context of the following news items.
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Losing their grip — politicians are toddlers
Sometimes, one or both of them would conk out before we rolled up to the playground. Strollers don't come big enough for even Dennis ... «Arkansas City Traveler, Jul 15»
2
Are your skinny jeans bad for you?
Well, she didn't do it deliberately and the last thing you could imagine, while cleaning the cupboard is for your legs to conk in. It's similar to ... «Women24, Jul 15»
3
How Puerto Rico's 'death spiral' is affecting everyday life
Electricity will occasionally conk out, and driving home at night he noticed that many roads are conspicuously dark. “I thought the government ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
4
Blackout author Sarah Hepola spurs the conversation about alcohol …
Hepola's startling new memoir Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget tracks her heavy-drinking days and propensity to conk out ... «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»
5
Taxpayers, IT expert slam ATO's 'appalling' myGov integration
... being able to pre-fill their tax return form with saved data, and having myTax conk out on them after finally managing to complete their returns. «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
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Business ( Leaderboard Top ), pagematch: , sectionmatch: 1
... passengers run the risk of getting late for work because of sudden glitches and malfunctions that cause the trains to conk out midway through ... «Philippine Star, Jul 15»
7
MMDA acquires high-performance bikes for APEC duty
“What if they conk out (while escorting the VIPs)? That would be an embarrassment.”–Kristine Felisse Mangunay, Maricar B. Brizuela, With ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
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National View: OtherWords — Conservatives losing their grip
Sometimes, one or both of them would conk out before we rolled up to the playground. Strollers don't come big enough for even Dennis ... «SouthCoastToday.com, Jul 15»
9
Solon urges Comelec to use of hybrid system in 2016 polls
... the teachers will be swamped with complaints the moment many of these PCOS machines conk out or malfunction,” he said in an interview. «Manila Bulletin, Jul 15»
10
Titanic investment
... accompanied by a relentless deafening echo of metal clanging against metal, and the low hollow repetitive 'conk' sound of heavy wood joints ... «Exhibition News, Jul 15»

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