conked in English

verb
1
(of a machine) break down.
my car conked out
2
hit (someone) on the head.
the clown conked him and sent him to the hospital with a concussion
3
straighten curly or kinky hair.
He maintains that ‘Many blacks in Paris bleached their skin, straightened and conked their hair, and tried to dress and speak like whites, in order to assimilate better.’

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1. 6 The dynamo conked out so we've got no electricity.

2. 9 She never got her hair conked.

3. 2 The car conked out at the crossroads.

4. 7 The engine conked out after [www.Sentencedict.com]000 miles.

5. 3 Our car conked out 5 miles from home.

6. 1 Our car conked out on the way home.

7. 5 The car conked out halfway up the hill.

8. 8 She conked off for a long time after supper.

9. 21 She almost conked out when she caught pneumonia last year.

10. 10 She almost conked out when she caught pneumonia last year.

11. 4 Our car conked out when we had got only halfway.

12. 29 I was just two miles from home when my motorbike conked out!

13. 14 She conked out when she saw a dead body lying on the steps.

14. 22 I was just two miles from home when my motorbike conked out!

15. 12 I got home from work and I just conked out on the sofa.

16. Conked, conk·ing, Conks To straighten (tightly curled hair) usually by chemical means.

17. 11 She was so tired she came home and conked out at eight o'clock.

18. 23 After a six-hour flight and a long day of meetings, it's not surprising you conked out.

19. He was so tired after his long day at work that he Conked off during the movie

20. 15 His 62-year-old converted trawler conked out after leaving Newfoundland on the return leg.

21. He was so tired after his long day at work that he Conked off during the movie

22. / kɑŋk, kɔŋk / to hit someone on the head: A book fell from the shelf and Conked him on the head.

23. To hit someone on the head: A book fell from the shelf and Conked him on the head.

24. 28 The climbers were half way up the mountain when two of them conked out and had to turn back.

25. To break or fail, as a machine or engine (often followed by out): The engine Conked out halfway there

26. 25 The climbers were half way up the mountain when two of them conked out and had to turn back.

27. 21 One of the hazards of living in those days will include getting conked by spare rocket parts falling from the sky.

28. Conk (third-person singular simple present conks, present participle Conking, simple past and past participle conked) (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.

29. Conk (third-person singular simple present Conks, present participle Conking, simple past and past participle Conked) (colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down, become unconscious.