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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of conk.

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Examples

  • One engine "conked" and he was forced to turn back.

    Night Bombing with the Bedouins Robert Henry Reece

  • "We should also have rememberances for the robotic space probes that conked out in the line of duty, whether they were blown up by the rocket taking them into space, or died before their time on some distant alien planet."

    Remembering - NASA Watch 2009

  • As I mentioned yesterday, the wireless connection I was using conked out on Tuesday night and never kicked in again.

    And AMY UNBOUNDED goes to... 2009

  • James, who looked exactly the way he did in the T.A.M.I. film, "conked" hair and all, would come out and do a 5 to 10 minute vamp, work us all into a frenzy, and then just... walk off stage.

    Binky Philips: "National and International Known, the Hardest Working Man in Show Business, Soul Brother Number One... Jaaaaaaaaaaaames Brown!" Binky Philips 2011

  • β€œHe was pretty caffeine-powered before he conked out,” said Dad.

    Odd Girl In Jo Whittemore 2011

  • We should also have rememberances for the robotic space probes that conked out in the line of duty, whether they were blown up by the rocket taking them into space, or died before their time on some distant alien planet.

    Remembering - NASA Watch 2009

  • A Manhattan woman has sued a lower East Side restaurant, claiming she was conked in the head by a moosehead that fell off a wall.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • We should also have rememberances for the robotic space probes that conked out in the line of duty, whether they were blown up by the rocket taking them into space, or died before their time on some distant alien planet.

    Remembering - NASA Watch 2009

  • All the palms in town were kept free of coconuts so that tourists wouldn't get conked on the head by falling coconuts and parked cars wouldn't get dented.

    Motley Crew Katie Norton 2011

  • A Manhattan woman has sued a lower East Side restaurant, claiming she was conked in the head by a moosehead that fell off a wall.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

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