"conk out" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: conks out [present, singular, third-person], conking out [participle, present], conked out [participle, past], conked out [past]
Etymology: Possibly an onomatopoeic imitation of the sound of a stalling internal combustion engine. Possibly coined by British motorcyclists circa 1910. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|en|nocap=1}} onomatopoeic Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} conk out (third-person singular simple present conks out, present participle conking out, simple past and past participle conked out)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To fall fast asleep; to sleep soundly. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Automotive, Death, Sleep Synonyms: zonk out, konk out Translations (Translations): ratzen (German), grunzen [slang] (German) Translations (to fall fast asleep): einnicken (German), einpennen [colloquial] (German), wegtreten (German), caer muerto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-conk_out-en-verb-S8zss~Jl Disambiguation of Automotive: 41 37 22 Disambiguation of Death: 79 0 21 Disambiguation of Sleep: 100 0 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias, English phrasal verbs with particle (out), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 5 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 93 5 2 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 76 16 8 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 78 14 8 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 89 8 3 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 94 6 0 Disambiguation of 'to fall fast asleep': 99 1 0
  2. (intransitive, informal) To stop functioning. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (to stop functioning): ausfallen (German), streiken (German), den Geist aufgeben [idiomatic] (German), pifar (Portuguese), morir (Spanish), petar [Spain] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-conk_out-en-verb-lGVOvUMr Disambiguation of Automotive: 41 37 22 Disambiguation of 'to stop functioning': 3 97 0
  3. (intransitive, informal) To die. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Automotive Translations (to die): abtreten [colloquial] (German), den Löffel abgeben (english: coll. / idiomatic) (German), ins Gras beißen (english: idiom. slang) (German), abkratzen [pejorative] (German)
    Sense id: en-conk_out-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Disambiguation of Automotive: 41 37 22 Disambiguation of 'to die': 0 0 100

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