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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: informal term for the nose v
1: come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" [syn: stall, conk]
2: hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted"
3: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" [syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it] [ant: be born]
4: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain [syn: faint, conk, swoon, pass out]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: perhaps from conch Date: 1812 slang chiefly Brit nose II. transitive verb Etymology: English slang conk head Date: 1821 to hit especially on the head ; knock out III. noun Etymology: probably alteration of conch Date: 1851 the visible fruiting body of a bracket fungus; also decay caused by such a fungus • conky adjective IV. intransitive verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1918 1. break down; especially stall — usually used with out <the motor suddenly conked out> 2. a. faint b. to go to sleep — usually used with off or out <conked out for a while after lunch> c. die <I caught pneumonia. I almost conked — Truman Capote> V. transitive verb Etymology: probably by shortening & alteration from congolene preparation used for straightening hair Date: 1950 to straighten out (hair) usually by the use of chemicals VI. noun Date: 1965 a hairstyle in which the hair is straightened out and flattened down or lightly waved — called also process

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.intr. (usu. foll. by out) colloq. 1 (of a machine etc.) break down. 2 (of a person) become exhausted and give up; faint; die. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn. 2. n. & v. sl. --n. 1 a the nose. b the head. 2 a a punch on the nose or head. b a blow. --v.tr. punch on the nose; hit on the head etc. Etymology: 19th c.: perh. = conch

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(conks, conking, conked) • conk out If something such as a machine or a vehicle conks out, it stops working or breaks down. (INFORMAL) The dynamo conked out so we've got no electricity. PHRASAL VERB: V P

Moby Thesaurus

beak, beezer, belfry, cash in, check out, chump, croak, decease, defrauder, diddler, die, dome, gyp, head, headpiece, hit, kick in, kick off, knock, lick, noddle, noggin, noodle, pass, pass away, pecker, poll, pop off, proboscis, rap, schnozzle, sharper, sharpie, shill, smeller, snitch, snoot, snout, swat, swipe, trickster, wipe