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/käNGk/,/kôNGk/,
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(of a machine) Break down,
  1. Straighten curly or kinky hair

Noun
  1. A hairstyle in which curly or kinky hair is straightened

  1. informal term for the nose
  2. stall: come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway"
  3. hit, especially on the head; "The stranger conked him and he fainted"
  4. die: pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
  5. faint: pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
  6. The conk 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 pure lye), so that the newly straightened hair could be styled in specific ways. ...
  7. Bracket fungi, or shelf fungi, among many groups of the fungi in the phylum Basidiomycota. Characteristically, they produce shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting bodies called conks that lie in a close planar grouping of separate or interconnected horizontal rows. ...
  8. The shelf- or bracket-shaped fruiting body of a Bracket fungus (A.K.A. Shelf fungus), i.e., a mushroom growing off a tree trunk; A nose, especially a large one; Alternate spelling of conch; To hit, especially on the head; To chemically straighten tightly curled hair
  9. (Conks) a fungus found on trees, it will bracket in rows and resemble a mushroom.
  10. Visible fruiting body of a wood-destroying fungus, usually indicating rot in the underlying wood (24).
  11. the hard or stiff fruiting body of certain wood-decay fungi, for example, the "shelf fungus" associated with heart rot.
  12. The basidiocarp of a wood-decaying fungus, usually a polypore. (21)
  13. to break down, give out, fail, or show signs of failing; to die, collapse, or lose
  14. The shelf-like or flat spore-producing structure of some wood decay fungi, particularly heart rot fungi; forms on the external surface of its host; seen on tree trunks, branches or stumps.
  15. A large, woody, hoof-shaped polypore growing on wood.
  16. pomade for the hair; the human head