conk

/kɔɳk/

Thân thiện

A boxer's opponent conked him on the head during the match.

Definition

1. Noun (informal):

   • The nose: A slang term for the human nose, often implying a large or prominent one.

2. Verb:

   • To faint or collapse: To lose consciousness, typically from exhaustion, illness, or a physical blow.
   • To die: (Informal, often humorous or irreverent) To cease living.
   • To hit on the head: To strike someone, especially on the head.
   • To stop functioning: (Of a machine, especially an engine) to break down or stop working suddenly.
   • To come to a stop: To cease moving or operating.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • He got punched right on the conk. (He got punched right on the nose.)
• Verb (to faint/collapse):
  • The heat was so intense I thought I would conk out.
• Verb (to die):
  • After a long illness, the old dog finally conked out.
• Verb (to hit):
  • The villain conked the hero with a heavy vase.
• Verb (to stop functioning):
  • My old car conked out on the highway.
• Verb (to come to a stop):
  • The engine conked, and we drifted to the side of the road.

Advanced Usage

• "to conk out": This phrasal verb is very common and can mean to fall asleep suddenly from exhaustion, to stop working (for a machine), or to die.
  • I was so tired after work that I conked out on the sofa. (Fell asleep)
  • The computer conked out right before I saved the document. (Stopped working)

Variants and Related Words

• Conked-out (adjective): No longer functioning; broken down.
  • We had to abandon the conked-out truck.

Synonyms

• Noun (nose): Snout, beak, schnoz (all informal).
• Verb (faint): Pass out, black out, collapse.
• Verb (die): Pass away, perish, kick the bucket (informal).
• Verb (hit): Bonk, bash, wallop.
• Verb (stop working): Break down, fail, stall.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Conk out: As detailed in 'Advanced Usage', this is the primary phrasal verb form, covering meanings of failing, fainting, or dying.

Related Idioms

• To have a conk on: To have a headache, often from being hit.
  • After that fall, I've got a real conk on.
• To go conk: An informal way to say something has broken or failed.
  • The TV's gone conk again.

Học thuật

Noun

1. informal term for the nose

Verb

1. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
2. 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
3. hit, especially on the head
   • The stranger conked him and he fainted
4. come to a stop
   • The car stalled in the driveway

Từ đồng nghĩa

• faint
• swoon
• pass out
• die
• decease
• perish
• go
• exit
• pass away
• expire
• pass
• kick the bucket
• cash in one's chips
• buy the farm
• stall