konk

conk-buster

1. Cheap liquor or alcohol. You must really want to get drunk tonight if you keep drinking that conk-buster—it's disgusting!
2. A challenging situation or problem. Well, that's a conk-buster—I don't know if a mathematician could even solve it!

konk out

1. slang To fall asleep. A variant of "conk out." He was so tired after his long day at work that he konked out during the movie. The child finally konked out after crying for nearly an hour.
2. slang Of a machine, to break down or stop working. Judging by all that noise coming from her car, I'm pretty sure it's about to konk out. The blender finally konked out for good today. We'll need to go to the store to buy a new one.
3. slang To faint. The athlete konked out from heat stroke shortly after crossing the finish line.
See also: konk, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

conk

and konk
n. the head. Where’d you get that nasty bump on your konk?

konk

verb
See conk

conk-buster

and konk-buster (ˈkɔŋkbəstɚ)
1. n. inferior liquor. Jed kept a jar of conk-buster under his bed against night sweats.
2. n. a hard-to-answer question or problem. Man, what you’re asking is really a conk-buster.

konk-buster

verb
See conk-buster
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • conk-buster
  • booze
  • konk-buster
  • konk out
  • country drunk
  • panther piss
  • all mops and brooms
  • boozy
  • cross-eyed drunk
  • drunk back
References in periodicals archive
Despite topping the album charts, their sophomore effort, Konk, received some negative reviews.
They managed to keep the momentum - the follow up Konk was a No1 record in the UK and even managed to do a little damage in the States, an unlikely inclusion in the Billboard 200 top 50.
The first album Felt, which includes singles Vitamin C and Runaway, was recorded at Liverpool's Parr Street Studios with Blossoms and The Coral producer Rich Turvey, London's Konk Studios with Arcade Fire collaborator Craig Silvey and London's Voltaire Studios with Cam Blackwood (George Ezra, Wolf Alice).
Department of Aerospace Information Engineering, Konk.uk.
The price of African parrot, which was previously sold at Rs20,000, has now shot up to Rs60,000, that of canery's to Rs4,000 from Rs400, Jal to Rs10,000 instead of Rs1,800 and konk up to Rs9,000 from Rs1,500.
We were lucky to make the record in Konk. We made it ourselves, sneaking into Ray's studio when no one was in (he knew we were there but didn't kick us out).
Four studio albums - including No1 Konk and No2 debut Inside In/Inside Out - later, a shoogle of the line-up and they're still going strong.
Havva TALAY CALIS, [1] Serap TOMRUK SUTBEYAZ, [1] Emel GULER, [1] Canan HALICI, [2] Hatice SAYAN, [1] Ali KOC, [3] Metin KONK, [4] Julide Aksel YAZICIOGLU [1]
Li Sing Konk, Dean of the National Institute for Education of Singapore, signed at the minister's office in Riyadh the document which states the importance of exchange of experience and experiments in the fields of education and scientific research as well as training of educational cadres in the two countries.
Welcoming Snorbit, Supernose, Astrosnort, Snotty Professor, Nosebot, Karate Konk, Snout Dracula, Snortel and Stripey.
Major Products: Zep, Zep Commercial, Zep Professional, Enforcer, National Chemical, Selig Misty, Next Dimension, Petro, i-Chem, TimeMist, TimeWick, MicrobeMax, Country Vet, Konk, Blue Coral, Black Magic, Rain-X, Niagara National, Washtronics, FC Forward Chemicals, Rexodan, Mykal and a number of private labeled brands.
Ray has been busy at the famous Konk recording studio established and managed by members of The Kinks.
Released three years after their previous album Konk, its electronic feel reflected the band's development.