conk out

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conk out

vb (intr, adverb)

1. (General Engineering) (of machines, cars, etc) to fail suddenly

2. to tire suddenly or collapse, as from exhaustion

[C20: of uncertain origin]

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Verb	1.	conk out - stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" break - render inoperable or ineffective; "You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!" croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - 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" go down, crash - stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week" blow out, burn out, blow - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" misfire - fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired" malfunction, misfunction - fail to function or function improperly; "the coffee maker malfunctioned"
	2.	conk out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" poop out, peter out, run down, run out fatigue, jade, tire, weary, pall - lose interest or become bored with something or somebody; "I'm so tired of your mother and her complaints about my food"

conk

noun

1. Slang. The uppermost part of the body:

head, noddle, pate, poll.

Slang: bean, block, dome, noggin, noodle, nut.

2. Slang. A sudden sharp, powerful stroke:

bang, blow, clout, crack, hit, lick, pound, slug, sock, swat, thwack, welt, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: bash, biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, paste.

verb

Slang. To deliver a powerful blow to suddenly and sharply:

bash, catch, clout, hit, knock, pop, slam, slog, slug, smash, smite, sock, strike, swat, thwack, whack, wham, whop.

Informal: biff, bop, clip, wallop.

Slang: belt, paste.

Idioms: let someone have it, sock it to someone.

phrasal verb
conk out

1. Slang. To cease functioning properly:

break down, fail, give out.

2. Slang. To suddenly lose all health or strength:

break (down), cave in, collapse, crack, drop, give out, succumb.

Informal: crack up.

Idiom: give way.

Translations

w>conk out

vi (inf) → es aufstecken (inf), → den Geist aufgeben; (person, = faint) → umkippen (inf); (= die) → ins Gras beißen (inf)

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conk out

[ˌkɒŋkˈaʊt] vi + adv (fam) (break down) → rompersi

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