different between gonk vs conk

English

Pronunciation

Noun

gonk (plural gonks)

1. A small furry toy like an ersatz teddy bear, popularized in wartime when production of real teddies stops.
2. A stupid, ignorant, and/or boorish person.
3. (New Zealand, military, slang) A sleep; a nap.

   I'm going off to have a gonk.

4. (Britain, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

Synonyms

• (stupid person): see Thesaurus:dork / Thesaurus:idiot
• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

References

• Eric Partridge (2007) , “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN

Verb

gonk (third-person singular simple present gonks, present participle gonking, simple past and past participle gonked)

1. (Britain, slang, with "out") To sleep.

2. (US, slang) To lie; to tell an untruth

References

• Eric Partridge (2007) , “gonk”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Kong, kong

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)

1. 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. (slang) A nose, especially a large one.
3. Alternative spelling of conch

Translations

Verb

conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle conking, simple past and past participle conked)

1. (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)

1. (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)

1. (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.

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)

1. (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.

References

Anagrams

• Nock, nock