conk
informal term for the nose
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
nose, olfactory organ
1. come to a stop
- The car stalled in the driveway
• Syn:
stall
• Derivationally related forms:
stall (for: stall)
• Topics:
driving
• Hypernyms:
stop, halt
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
2. hit, especially on the head
- The stranger conked him and he fainted
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- Sam and Sue conk the movie
3. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life
- She died from cancer
- The children perished in the fire
- The patient went peacefully
- The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102
• Syn:
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
• Ant:
be born (for: die)
• See Also:
die out (for: die), die off (for: die), die down (for: die)
• Derivationally related forms:
passing (for: pass), expiration (for: expire), exit (for: exit), going (for: go), decedent (for: decease), decease (for: decease), death (for: die), Death (for: die)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it,
pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall,
succumb, yield
• Verb Group:
die, fail, go bad, give way, give out,
conk out, go, break, break down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
• Syn:
faint, swoon, pass out
• Derivationally related forms:
swoon (for: swoon), faint (for: faint)
• Hypernyms:
zonk out, pass out, black out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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