conk
verb /kɒŋk/
/kɑːŋk/
(especially North American English, informal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they conk | /kɒŋk/ /kɑːŋk/ |
he / she / it conks | /kɒŋks/ /kɑːŋks/ |
past simple conked | /kɒŋkt/ /kɑːŋkt/ |
past participle conked | /kɒŋkt/ /kɑːŋkt/ |
-ing form conking | /ˈkɒŋkɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːŋkɪŋ/ |
- conk somebody to hit somebody hard on their headWord Originconk out. First World War: of unknown origin. verb early 19th cent.: perhaps an alteration of conch.