亚洲网紅露点

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conk

1

[ kongk, kawngk ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to hit or strike on the head.


noun

  1. a blow on the head.
  2. the head.
  3. British. the nose.

conk

2

[ kongk, kawngk ]

verb (used without object)

Slang.
  1. to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often followed by out ):

    The engine conked out halfway there.

  2. to slow down or stop; lose energy (often followed by out ).
  3. to go to sleep (usually followed by off or out ).
  4. to lose consciousness; faint (usually followed by out ).
  5. to die (usually followed by out ).

conk

3

[ kongk, kawngk ]

noun

Mycology.
  1. the shelflike fruiting body of certain wood-decaying fungi; bracket fungus

conk

4

[ kongk, kawngk ]

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)

  1. to straighten (kinky hair) by the use of chemicals:

    to have one's hair conked.

conk

/ 办蓲艐办 /

verb

  1. to strike (someone) a blow, esp on the head or nose
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a punch or blow, esp on the head or nose
  2. the head or (esp Brit and NZ) the nose
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞苍办顎儁 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of conk1

First recorded in 1805鈥15; of obscure origin

Origin of conk2

First recorded in 1915鈥20; perhaps imitative of the sound

Origin of conk3

An Americanism dating back to 1850鈥55; of obscure origin

Origin of conk4

First recorded in 1940鈥45; probably shortening and alteration of congolene, alleged to be the name of a hair straightener made from Congo copal
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of conk1

C19: probably changed from conch
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The food van that conked out at Del Rosario鈥檚 house was from Revolution Foods, one of the vendors in the city鈥檚 delivery program.

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But my pacemaker battery was running low, and what if it conked out in the middle of an extraction?

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A loud conk shut Robert up, as Jack鈥檚 grandfather smacked him with the food tray, but it was already too late.

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I had to replace an air conditioner motor that just couldn鈥檛 keep up and conked out.

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It wasn鈥檛 until a week later that Shute realized how seriously her cognitive function had declined after her AC conked out.

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