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conkout

conkout noun: a mechanical failure.

Noun

conkout (plural conkouts)

  1. (informal, rare) A mechanical failure.
    • Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts1965, Popular Mechanics, volume 123, number 3, page 140

Forms of conkout

pluralconkouts

Origin of conkout

Deverbal from conk out.

Questions about conkout

What does conkout mean?
Conkout means a mechanical failure.
What part of speech is conkout?
Conkout is a noun.
What is the plural of conkout?
The plural of conkout is conkouts.

Words near conkout in the dictionary

  1. Conkle
  2. Conkles
  3. Conklin
  4. Conkling
  5. Conklings
  6. conkout
  7. conkouts
  8. Conkright
  9. Conkrights
  10. conks
  11. conks off

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