conk

Noun

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. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of conch.

Verb

To hit, especially on the head.

Verb

To chemically straighten tightly curled hair.

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɒŋk/

Etymology

Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Synonyms

die

💀

pass away

perish

expire

buy the farm

decease

go

check out

choke

pop off

pass

exit

snuff it

cash in one’s chips

drop dead

kick the bucket

croak

give-up the ghost

stall

pass out

faint

pass on

demise

ring down the curtain

swoon

cease to be

go to meet ones maker

join the choir invisible

missing

neb

nib

nose

👃

nozzle

pause

pecker

point

process

pull over

pull up

roll over

snoot

spout

stagnate

stoppage

succumb

tappet

trouble

stop

🛑

vanish

stop over

Translations

cogner

den Geist aufgeben

casser sa pipe

passer l’arme à gauche

crever

πεθαίνω

morire

💀

verscheiden

💀

ins Gras beißen

versterben

💀

draufgehen

heimgehen

sterben

💀

verrecken

das Zeitliche segnen