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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.
Keke Palmer

Meaning of "conk out" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONK OUT

Of uncertain origin.
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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 OUT

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONK OUT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Conk out is a verb.
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 out in English.

WHAT DOES CONK OUT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of conk out in the English dictionary

The definition of conk out in the dictionary is to fail suddenly. Other definition of conk out is to tire suddenly or collapse, as from exhaustion.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CONK OUT

PRESENT

Present
I conk out
you conk out
he/she/it conks out
we conk out
you conk out
they conk out
Present continuous
I am conking out
you are conking out
he/she/it is conking out
we are conking out
you are conking out
they are conking out
Present perfect
I have conked out
you have conked out
he/she/it has conked out
we have conked out
you have conked out
they have conked out
Present perfect continuous
I have been conking out
you have been conking out
he/she/it has been conking out
we have been conking out
you have been conking out
they have been conking out
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 out
you conked out
he/she/it conked out
we conked out
you conked out
they conked out
Past continuous
I was conking out
you were conking out
he/she/it was conking out
we were conking out
you were conking out
they were conking out
Past perfect
I had conked out
you had conked out
he/she/it had conked out
we had conked out
you had conked out
they had conked out
Past perfect continuous
I had been conking out
you had been conking out
he/she/it had been conking out
we had been conking out
you had been conking out
they had been conking out
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you conk out
we let´s conk out
you conk out
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to conk out
Past participle
conked out
Present Participle
conking out
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 BEGIN LIKE CONK OUT

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conjure
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conjurer
conjuring
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conjuror
conjury
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conker
conkers
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conn
Conn.
Connacht
connascence
connascency
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WORDS THAT END LIKE CONK OUT

back out
block out
book out
break out
chalk out
check out
find out
fork out
freak out
kick out
lock out
luck out
pick out
seek out
speak out
stick out
talk out
think out
trick out
walk out
work out

Synonyms and antonyms of conk out in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «conk out» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONK OUT

Find out the translation of conk out to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of conk out 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 out» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

子实体出
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

conk
570 millions of speakers

English

conk out
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाहर गुज़र जाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اغمى عليه من
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

заглохнуть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

entrar em pane
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাক আউট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tomber en panne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungut-sungut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

den Geist aufgeben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

急に疲れ果ててしまう
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밖으로 망 가지다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Conk metu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mui ra
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கூம்பு வெளியே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉंक आउट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dışarı çalışmamak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

incepparsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

conk z
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стихнути
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

conk
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

conk έξω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

krepeer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

conk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

conk ut
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of conk out

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONK OUT»

The term «conk out» is normally little used and occupies the 119.890 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONK OUT» OVER TIME

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

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QUOTES WITH «CONK OUT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word conk out.
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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 OUT»

Discover the use of conk out in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to conk out and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The 19th International Conference on Industrial Engineering ...
Part 2 conk out Part 7 conk out Part 8 conk out others are normal , others are normal Part 3 conk out, Part 6 conk out, others are normal others are normal , others are normal , others are normal The system conk out 2 m" QIEwmjZwmkxFmkj ...
Ershi Qi, Jiang Shen, Runliang Dou, 2013
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
Tan oriwr, 1976 • [T]he engine is diabolical. British Leyland Conks out, all the time. — Mike Stott, Soldiers Talking, Cleanly, 1978 • It Was dawn and I wanted to COnk Out— Edwin Torres, After Hours, p. 290, 1979 • At this point Iris lay back in  ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Oxford Desk Dictionary and Thesaurus
U conk out 1 (of a machine, etc.) break down. 2 (ofa person) be exhausted and give up; faint. I see HIT v. 1a. U conk out 1 see BREAK v. 1b. Conn. abbr. Connecticut. con'nect /ksne'kt/ v. 1 a tr. join (one thing with another). b intr. be joined or ...
Elizabeth Jewell, 2002
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Dolores at Fort Hood, Tijuana and Detroit
Familiarity with this car tells me that a few more turns and it will conk out. If I step on the accelerator while in NEUTRAL, it will conk out because the engine is barely able to turn over – the oil and lubricants must have hardened to something like ...
John Jellinek, 2010
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Simon & Schuster Super Crossword Puzzle Dictionary And ...
... expel; 6 let out, run out; 7 conk out, deal out, dole out, fork out, give off, give way, hand out, mete out, push out, send out; 8 give away; 9 break down; 10 distribute, squeeze out give quarter: 5 relax; 6 relent; 7 forbear giver: 5 donor; 7 grantor; ...
Seth Godin, Lark Productions LLC, Seth Godin Productions, 1999
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Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads: Stop Starving, Start ...
Running. on. Empty. When a car runs out of gas and conks out, it just stops moving. There is no reserve tank it can switch to for more fuel. Remember that when we humans run out of fuel (blood sugar—Tank 1), we don't conk out because we ...
Christine Avanti, 2010
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
3 informal the car gave a stutter and the engine died: fail, cut out, give out, stop, halt, break down, stop working, cease to function; peter out, fizzle out, run down, fade away, lose power; informal conk out, go kaput, give up the ghost, go phut; ...
Maurice Waite, 2009
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Agaat:
You'd conk out without me! You're conking out as it is, I can't help it. And it's I who conk out, I'm actually the one who suffers here. She takes her hand from my mouth. Long strings of drool she draws out. She takes off the gloves. Slap, slap, they ...
Marlene Van Niekerk, 2010
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Sons of the Fathers
There's a nice little place in Port Perry that serves fabulous ice cream desserts and brews every known kind of coffee. What do you say?” “Well, I'd have to be home by eleven. That's the problem with us morning people. We conk out fairly early ...
Ronald Dodge, 2008
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Ya Gotta Know It!: A Conversational Approach to American ...
I've got to be up at the crack of dawn tomorrow" See: CONK OUT, CRASH. HIT THE SACK. HIT THE SHEETS hit the nail on the head [hit 5e neil am 5e hed] verb phrase *** to be precisely correct, exactly right A often refers to a situation where  ...
Hania Hassan, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONK OUT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term conk out 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»
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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»
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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»
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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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... 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»
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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»
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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»
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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 ... «Gilmer Mirror, Jul 15»
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How to get the perfect night's sleep from exercise to keeping warm
Doctors recommended getting six to eight hours of sleep a day, but many people find it hard to conk out when it's time for lights out. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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