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conk
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??k/
- (General American) IPA(key): /k??k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Etymology 1
Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.
Alternative forms
- konk
Noun
conk (plural conks)
- 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.
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
- Alternative spelling of conch
Translations
Verb
conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)
- (slang) To hit, especially on the head.
Related terms
- conk out
Translations
Etymology 2
From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.
Noun
conk (plural conks)
- (US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair.
Verb
conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)
- (US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,[1]
- The barbecue cook, wearing a dirty white apron, his conked hair reddish and metallic in the pale sun, and a cigarette between his lips, stood in the doorway, watching them.
- 1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues,” in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, 1965,[1]
Translations
Etymology 3
Origin unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.
Verb
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, become unconscious.
References
Anagrams
- Nock, nock
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cond
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nd
Etymology 1
Clipping.
Adjective
cond (not comparable)
- Clipping of conditional.
Etymology 2
From Middle English conduen, condien, French conduire (“to conduct”), from Latin conducere.
Verb
cond (third-person singular simple present conds, present participle conding, simple past and past participle conded)
- Obsolete spelling of con (“direct or steer a ship”)
- 1922, Publications of the Navy Records Society:
- Sometimes he who conds the ship will be speaking to him at helm at every little yaw; which the sea-faring men love not, as being a kind of disgrace to their steerage; then in mockage they will say, sure the channel is narrow he conds so thick […]
- 1922, Publications of the Navy Records Society:
Further reading
- cond in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- no-CD
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