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noun

ˈkäŋk How to pronounce conk (audio)
Definition of conknext
chiefly British slang
as in nose
the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity a feisty cockney who had got his conk broken more than once in street brawls

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verb

as in to brain

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Recent Examples of conk
Noun
The conk, the afro… and the jheri curl. — Sonari Glinton, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026 That’s what the slick dude with the conk and the blue Pontiac says to Elwood, who is hitching a ride to get to college. — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2024 This is a fungal conk, probably from the genus Ganoderma, although that’s not my field of expertise. — Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 8 Oct. 2020
Verb
An adventure in the Philippines where the mangosteens conk you. — Padgett Powell, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 The suave Hernández character Domingo appeared briefly but was conked on the noggin by White, who also achieved Five-Timers status, but as a musical guest. — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026 Then — and this is important — she gets conked on the head and wakes up in an entirely different movie. — Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 4 June 2025 River was saved, in a sense, by getting conked in the back of his head, which took him away from the clutches of Hugo Weaving’s Frank Harkness and into the clutches of Natasha (Coralie Audret), who’s anxious to know what brought him into town. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2024 According to rumors, a blazing row on the terrace of their hotel – the San Domenico Palace – ended when Taylor conked Burton on the head with a mandolin. — John Bleasdale, Variety, 18 June 2023 While some little ones conk out as soon as the engine starts, others have a difficult time being in the car for hours—or any time at all. — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 26 Oct. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conk
  1. nose
  2. brain
  3. snout
  4. bean
  5. skull
  6. cane
  7. spear
  8. cudgel
Noun
  • Kylian Mbappé’s powers were diminished in that tournament after sustaining a broken nose, while emerging stars like Michael Olise and Désiré Doué were yet to break through.
    — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • The symptoms of measles are fever, runny nose, cough, and red and watery eyes, followed by rash, according to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 July 2026
Definition of nose
Verb
  • There were biscuits hard enough to brain a bear with.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • Retro Rewind is the kind of game that will keep your hands and brain minimally busy while listening to a podcast or watching some rerun on a background TV.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 Apr. 2026
Definition of brain
Noun
  • Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
  • The animal had a hump over his shoulders where the gray color showed the lightest, and its nose and snout were long and tapering.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026
Definition of snout
Verb
  • In the last meeting between these teams in early November, Bane beaned Okongwu in the head with the ball after flagrantly fouling him and was ejected from the game.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Detmers came in to face the top of the order and beaned Brandon Nimmo to load the bases for Francisco Lindor, who beat out a double play to score Alvarez, and stole second to put runners on second and third.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Definition of bean
Verb
  • And, most incredibly, not after skulling a bunker shot on the par-5 14th, then hacking out to 30 feet.
    — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • Someone took out a golf driver and skulled the top off of a full can of Bud Light and drank what was left.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2018
Definition of skull
Verb
  • Visuals also showed some people receiving CPR. Uncontrollable crowd Police started caning people at one gate, leading to more chaos, said Mithun Singh, a software engineer among the crowd.
    — USA Today, USA Today, 5 June 2025
  • Both failed to fire, and the hero of the Battle of New Orleans, with a hair-trigger temper, began caning the would-be assassin.
    — Barbara A. Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Definition of cane
Verb
  • Roupp helped his own cause by making a nifty play to turn two in the sixth, spearing a comebacker behind his back before firing to shortstop Willy Adames to kick-start a 1-6-3 double play.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • Jafaar al-Samra had just sold an octopus, minutes after spearing it while snorkeling.
    — Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
Definition of spear
Verb
  • Hitler exploited his 37% to gridlock legislative processes, to cudgel or crush the political opposition, and ultimately to undermine the country’s democratic structures.
    — Timothy Ryback, TIME, 26 Apr. 2024
  • Before long, fairs had such attractions as cudgelling bouts, bearbaiting, and something called gouging.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2023
Definition of cudgel

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