conk 1
/kongk, kawngk/ , Slang.
n.
1. the head.
2. a blow on the head.
3. Brit. the nose.
v.t.
4. to hit or strike on the head.
[ 1805-15; of obscure orig. ]
conk 2
/kongk, kawngk/ , v.i. Slang.
1. to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often fol. by out ): The engine conked out halfway there.
2. to slow down or stop; lose energy (often fol. by out ).
3. to go to sleep (usually fol. by off or out ).
4. to lose consciousness; faint (usually fol. by out ).
5. to die (usually fol. by out ).
[ 1915-20; perh. of imit. orig. ]
conk 3
— conky , adj.
/kongk, kawngk/ , n. Mycol.
the shelflike fruiting body of certain wood-decaying fungi; bracket.
[ 1850-55, Amer.; of obscure orig. ]
conk 4
/kongk, kawngk/ , Slang.
n.
1. a method of chemically straightening the hair.
2. a hairstyle in which the hair has been chemically straightened and sometimes set into waves.
v.t.
3. to straighten (kinky hair) by the use of chemicals: to have one's hair conked.
Also, process .
[ prob. shortening and alter. of congolene, alleged to be the name of a hair straightener made from Congo copal ]