Thesaurus results for CONKS

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noun

plural of conk, chiefly British slang

as in noses

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

present tense third-person singular of conk

as in brains

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Recent Examples of conks

Noun

Breaking off and removing the growths — known as conks — keeps fungal spores from spreading to other nearby palms. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for conks

Noun

In the summer, antihistamines such as Zyrtec, Claritin and Benadryl, along with other allergy medicines, can help relieve symptoms, like sneezing, itchy eyes and runny noses.

— Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026
Formaldehyde can irritate our eyes, throats, noses and lungs, but can also cause cancer — suggesting that exposure to persistent wildfire smoke could become more toxic as time goes on.

— Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 17 July 2026

Definition of noses

Verb

In the first five minutes, her Judith stabs a man at a party, escapes on skis and celebrates a job well done by bedding a besotted hottie.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 July 2026
Kara talks her out of it, and when Ruthye walks away, Kara turns back to Krem and stabs him multiple times with a sword.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 27 June 2026

Definition of stabs

Noun

Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of snouts

Verb

While Rhaenyra flails from one problem to the next, Ormund plots and schemes and uses his wits to undo his enemies.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
The movements are entirely reflexive, yet the arm that flails more predicts future handedness with a high level of accuracy.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026

Definition of flails

Verb

Built for renewables Unlike conventional zinc batteries that rely on a stationary electrode, the slurry continuously circulates between a storage tank and the battery cell while zinc reversibly switches between its metallic and ionic forms.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
If the United States switches to permanent daylight saving time, many people would spend winter mornings in the dark.

— Washington Post staff, Washington Post, 17 July 2026