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conk

Today it means: The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a bracket fungus (also called a shelf fungus), i.e. a mushroom growing off a tree trunk. Full definition →

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conk · noun, verb¹

Variant or figurative use of conch. Attested since the nineteenth century.

conk · noun, verb²

From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.

conk · verb³

Unknown. Attested since the early twentieth century.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.