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The definition of conk means the nose, head or a hit on the head, or a tree fungus, or a straight and flat hair style worn by some African Americans.

(noun)

An example of a conk is the part of the body on which a hat is placed.
An example of a conk is a shelf-like fungus growth on the trunk of a tree.
An example of a conk is a hair style created by smoothing the hair with lye.

Conk is slang and means to hit on the head.

(verb)

An example of conk is to bang your head on a wall.

See conk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Brit. the nose
the head
a blow on the head

Origin: < conch

transitive verb

Slang to hit on the head

noun

☆ a shelflike growth of fungus found on various trees, usually on the trunk

Origin: altered < ? conch

☆

noun

a hair style, as worn by some blacks, in which the hair is straightened, as with lye, and smoothed down

Origin: ? < name of a kind of copal, used for straightening hair

transitive verb

to straighten and arrange hair thus

See conk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The head.
b. A blow, especially on the head.
Chiefly British The human nose.

verb conked, conk·ing, conks

verb, transitive

To hit, especially on the head.

verb, intransitive

To stop functioning; fail: The engine conked out on the final lap.
To fall asleep, especially suddenly or heavily: conked out on the couch watching television.
To pass out; faint.
To die.

Origin:

Origin: N. sense 1b, and v., probably of imitative origin

noun

A hard, shelflike, spore-bearing structure of certain wood-decaying fungi, found on stumps, logs, or trees.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration of conch

noun

A hairstyle in which the hair is straightened, usually by chemical means. Also called process¹.

transitive verb conked, conk·ing, conks

To straighten (tightly curled hair) usually by chemical means.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration of congolene, substance for straightening hair

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