conk

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle)

CIDE DICTIONARY

conk, n. 

•  the head.  [PJC]
•  a blow to the head.  [PJC]

conk, v. t. 

 to hit on the head; as, to conk someone on the head with a pipe.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

conk, v.intr. (usu. foll. by out) colloq.
1 (of a machine etc.) break down.
2 (of a person) become exhausted and give up; faint; die.

conk, n. & v. sl.
--n.
1 a the nose. b the head.
2 a a punch on the nose or head. b a blow.
--v.tr. punch on the nose; hit on the head etc.

Etymology

19th c.: perh. = conch

THESAURUS

conk

beak, beezer, belfry, cash in, check out, chump, croak, decease, defrauder, diddler, die, dome, gyp, head, headpiece, hit, kick in, kick off, knock, lick, noddle, noggin, noodle, pass, pass away, pecker, poll, pop off, proboscis, rap, schnozzle, sharper, sharpie, shill, smeller, snitch, snoot, snout, swat, swipe, trickster, wipe