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Subject: conk: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
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Oct. 16, 2014
Word of the Day

conk Audio Pronunciation
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\kongk, kawngk\
verb
1. to go to sleep (usually followed by off or out).
2. to break or fail, as a machine or engine (often followed by out): The engine conked out halfway there.
Quotes
The poor thing was so exhausted she probably conked out the minute she hit the bed.
-- Bonnie K. Winn, Family Found, 2014
Origin
Conk is of unknown origin, but it may be imitative.
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