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conkout

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English

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Etymology

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Deverbal from conk out

Noun

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conkout (plural conkouts)

  1. (informal, rare) A mechanical failure.
    • 1965, Popular Mechanics, volume 123, number 3, page 140:
      Black tracks on the magneto, a hairline crack in the flywheel casing, pitted points or a spitless exhaust — all are clues to potential conkouts