HyperDic: conk

English > 5 senses of the word *conk*:
VERB	motion	conk, stall	come to a stop
	contact	conk	hit, especially on the head
	change	conk, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it	pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life
	body	conk, faint, swoon, pass out	pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress / distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
NOUN	body	conk	informal term for the nose

conk > pronunciation
Sounds	kaa'ngk
Rhymes	bonk ... wank: 8 rhymes with aangk...

English > *conk*: 5 senses > noun 1, body
Meaning	informal term for the nose.
Region	United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain	A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
Broader	nose, olfactory organ	The organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract
Verbs	conk	hit, especially on the head

English > *conk*: 5 senses > verb 1, motion
Meaning	Come to a stop.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonym	stall
Category	driving	The act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
Broader	stop, halt	Come to a halt, stop moving
Spanish	averiarse, calarse, perder velocidad

English > *conk*: 5 senses > verb 2, contact
Meaning	hit, especially on the head.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Model	Sam and Sue conk the movie
Example	"The stranger conked him and he fainted"
Broader	hit	Deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
Spanish	dar un piño, pegar un piño
Nouns	conk	informal term for the nose

English > *conk*: 5 senses > verb 3, change
Meaning	Pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain / sustain life.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, croak, snuff it
Caused by	kill	Cause to die
Entailed by	leave, leave behind	Be survived by after one's death
Narrower	abort	Cease development, die, and be aborted
	buy it, pip out	Be killed / killed or die
	drown	die from being submerged / submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating / asphyxiating
	fall	die, as in battle / battle or in a hunt / hunt
	predecease	die before
	starve, famish	die of food deprivation
	succumb, yield	Be fatally overwhelmed
	suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate	Be asphyxiated
Broader	change state, turn	Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Opposite	be born	Come into existence through birth
Similar to	die	Suffer or face the pain of death
Similar to	fail, go bad, give way, die, give out, conk out, go, break, break down	stop operating or functioning
Spanish	acudir, asfixiarse, asfixiar, caducar, caer muerto, colgar los guayos, croar, dejar de existir, diñar, entregar el alma, espichar, estirar la pata, estrangular, exhalar el último suspiro, expirar, fallecer, fenecer, finar, irse al otro barrio, ir, morir, palmar, pasar a mejor vida, pasar, perder la vida, perecer, salir de este mundo, salir, sucumbir, vencer
Catalan	acudir, asfixiar, caducar, dinyar-la, estrangular, expirar, finar, morir-se, morir, perir

English > *conk*: 5 senses > verb 4, body
Meaning	Pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress / distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	faint, swoon, pass out
Broader	zonk out, pass out, black out	Lose consciousness due to a sudden trauma, for example
Spanish	amortecerse, desmayarse, desmayar
Catalan	acubar-se, defallir, desmaiar-se, desmaiar, esmorteir-se, esvair-se

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