Slang.[N. sense 1b, and v., probably of imitative origin.]

[Perhaps alteration of CONCH.]

[Perhaps alteration of congolene, substance for straightening hair.]
noun
verb
phrasal verb - conk out
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The conk (derived from congolene, a hair straightener gel made from lye) was a hairstyle popular among African-American men from the 1920s to the 1960s. This hairstyle called for a man with naturally "kinky" hair to have it chemically straightened using a relaxer (sometimes the pure corrosive chemical lye), so that the newly straightened hair could be styled in specific ways. Often, the relaxer was made at home, by mixing lye, eggs, and potatoes, the applier having to wear gloves and the receiver's head having to be rinsed thoroughly after application to avoid chemical burns. Conks were often styled as large pompadours although other men chose to simply slick their straightened hair back, allowing it to lie flat on their heads. Regardless of the styling, conks required a considerable amount of effort to maintain: a man often had to wear a do-rag of some sort at home, to prevent sweat or other agents from causing his hair to revert to its natural state prematurely. Also, the style required repeated application of relaxers; as new hair grew in, it too had to be chemically straightened.
Many of the popular musicians of the early to mid 20th century, including Chuck Berry, Louis Jordan, Little Richard, James Brown, and the members of The Temptations and The Miracles, were well known for sporting the conk hairstyle. The gatefold of the 1968 album Electric Mud shows blues legend Muddy Waters having his hair conked. The style fell out of popularity when the Black Power movement of the 1960s took hold, and the Afro became a popular symbol of African pride. The conk was a major plot device in Spike Lee's film biography Malcolm X, based upon Malcolm X's own condemnation of the hairstyle as black self-degradation in his autobiography because of its implications about the superiority of a more "white" appearance and because of the pain the process causes and the possibility of receiving severe burns to the scalp.
The conk is all but extinct as a hairstyle among African-American men today, although more mildly relaxed hairstyles such as the Jheri curl and the S-curl were popular during the 1980s and 1990s. While not involving the use of chemical relaxers, the "wave" style, commonly worn by young African-American men and teens today may be considered to be a new version of the conk, in that the natural hair is waved through use of pomades and pressing flattened curls [formed] into place using a do rag.
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - næse, hoved
v. tr. - slå
2.
v. intr. - gå i stå, besvime, kradse af, falde i søvn
idioms:
3.
n. - rodfordærver
4.
n. - udglattet hår
v. tr. - udglatte kruset hår
Nederlands (Dutch)
snufferd, kop, opdonder, een klap geven (op neus/ hoofd etc.)
Français (French)
1.
n. - (GB) pif, tronche
v. tr. - faire un gnon à (qn), frapper (sur la tête)
2.
v. intr. - tomber en panne
idioms:
3.
n. - structure du bois (détérioré par un parasite)
4.
n. - (US) coiffure décrêpée
v. tr. - décrêper (cheveux)
Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Kopf, Nase, Schlag auf den Kopf od. die Nase
v. - jmdm. eins auf den Kopf od. die Nase geben
2.
v. - (ugs) kaputtgehen
idioms:
3.
n. - konsolenförmige Pilz-Fruchtkörper, Holzfäule
4.
n. - Glattheit
v. - glätten (Haare)
Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ακινητοποιούμαι από βλάβη, σβήνω, πέφτω ξερός
n. - μυτάρα, μυταρόλα, κούτρα, γκλάβα, (καθομ.) γροθιά στη μύτη
idioms:
Português (Portuguese)
v. - bater (gír.)
n. - nariz (m) grande (gír.)
idioms:
Русский (Russian)
отключиться, загнуться, заглохнуть
idioms:
Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - nariz, cabeza
v. tr. - golpear en la cabeza
2.
v. intr. - dejar de funcionar
idioms:
3.
n. - estructura de cierto hongo de la madera
4.
n. - estilo de peinado, laciado
v. tr. - laciar
Svenska (Swedish)
v. - slå på nöten, rakpermanenta
n. - kran (sl.), skalle, slag på nöten (sl.)
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 鼻, 打击...之头部
2. 突然故障, 精疲力尽, 睡去, 昏过去
idioms:
3. 真菌生长
4. 头, 敲...的头
中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. intr. - 突然故障, 精疲力盡, 睡去, 昏過去
idioms:
2.
n. - 頭
v. tr. - 敲...的頭
3.
n. - 真菌生長
4.
n. - 鼻
v. tr. - 打擊...之頭部
한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 머리, 코
v. tr. - 머리나 코를 때리다
2.
v. intr. - 고장 나다
idioms:
3.
n. - 특정 나무를 쇠퇴 시키는 균류의 조직
4.
n. - 곱슬머리를 펴서 살짝 웨이브한 머리스타일
v. tr. - 곱슬머리를 펴다
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 鼻, 頭
v. - 頭を殴る
idioms:
العربيه (Arabic)
(فعل) ضرب بقوة (خاصه على الرأس, ) (الاسم) أنف
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - חוטם, ראש
v. tr. - היכה על הראש, חבט, הכה
v. intr. - התעלף, הפסיק לפעול, האט, נעצר, איבד אנרגיה, שכב לישון, מת
n. - גוף של סוג מסוים של פטריות מרקיבות עצים, מדף
n. - שיטה ליישור כימי של השיער, שיער שיושר או סולסל בשיטה כימית
v. tr. - יישר שיער מתולתל באמצעות כימיקלים
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