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"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"To hit, especially on the head."
],
"links": [
[
"hit",
"hit"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang) To hit, especially on the head."
],
"tags": [
"slang"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑŋk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
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},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "konk"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "udrjam",
"sense": "slang: to hit",
"word": "удрям"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "slang: to hit",
"word": "cogner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slang: to hit",
"word": "schlagen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "slang: to hit",
"word": "treffen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "slang: to hit",
"word": "fejbe kólint/vág/ver/csap"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"english": "um",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "slang: to hit",
"word": "dar cascudo"
}
],
"word": "conk"
}
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"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with unknown etymologies",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk",
"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk/1 syllable",
"en:Face",
"en:Fungi",
"en:Hair",
"en:Hairdressing",
"en:Violence"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.",
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{
"form": "conks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
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"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair."
],
"links": [
[
"hairstyle",
"hairstyle"
],
[
"chemical",
"chemical"
],
[
"straighten",
"straighten"
],
[
"styling",
"style"
],
[
"kinky",
"kinky"
]
],
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"(US, dated) A hairstyle involving the chemical straightening and styling of kinky hair."
],
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"US",
"dated"
]
}
],
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"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/kɑŋk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
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},
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"tags": [
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],
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"en:Face",
"en:Fungi",
"en:Hair",
"en:Hairdressing",
"en:Violence"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"etymology_text": "From congolene, the brand name of a hair-straightening product.",
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{
"form": "conks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "conking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "conked",
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"participle",
"past"
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
"American English",
"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1957, James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues”, in Going to Meet the Man, Dial, published 1965",
"text": "The barbecue cook, wearing a dirty white apron, his conked hair reddish and metallic in the pale sun, and a cigarette between his lips, stood in the doorway, watching them.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To chemically straighten tightly curled hair."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(US, dated) To chemically straighten tightly curled hair."
],
"tags": [
"US",
"dated"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
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"ipa": "/kɑŋk/",
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"General-American"
]
},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
"text": "Audio (Southern England)"
}
],
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to chemically straighten tightly curled hair",
"word": "kiegyenesít"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to chemically straighten tightly curled hair",
"word": "kisimít"
}
],
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"conk"
],
"word": "conk"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/ɒŋk/1 syllable",
"en:Face",
"en:Fungi",
"en:Hair",
"en:Hairdressing",
"en:Violence"
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},
"expansion": "Unknown",
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],
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{
"form": "conks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "conking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "conked",
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"participle",
"past"
]
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"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "1921, Australian Aero Clubs, Sea, Land and Air, volume 3, page 310",
"text": "Therefore, have two or more engines, so that there is still some power left if one engine conks.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1983, Walli Leff, Marilyn Haft, Time without Work, page 93",
"text": "I watch television when it's playing, but it done conked out. Everything is conked out.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down."
],
"links": [
[
"fail",
"fail"
],
[
"break down",
"break down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, often with out) To fail or show signs of failing, cease operating, break down."
],
"raw_tags": [
"with out",
"with out"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"often"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"To become unconscious."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, often with out) To become unconscious."
],
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"with out",
"with out"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"often"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/kɒŋk/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/kɑŋk/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cease operating, break down",
"word": "lâcher"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to cease operating, break down",
"word": "péter"
}
],
"word": "conk"
}
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