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- [kong-ker, kawng-]
- /ˈkɒŋ kər, ˈkɔŋ-/
- /ˈkɒŋ.kər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kong-ker, kawng-]
- /ˈkɒŋ kər, ˈkɔŋ-/
Definitions of conkers word
- noun conkers a game in which a player swings a horse chestnut (conker), threaded onto a string, against that of another player to try to break it 3
- noun conkers a horse chestnut. 1
- noun conkers the hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut. 1
- noun conkers conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player. 1
- noun conkers Plural form of conker. 1
- noun conkers plural of conker. 0
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Origin of conkers
First appearance:
before 1840 One of the 33% newest English words
1840-50; probably orig. conquer; compare conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces)
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Conkers
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
conkers popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 65% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
conkers usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with conkers
- what is conkers?
- how to make conkers hard?
- where to find conkers?
- when are conkers ready?
- how to make conkers harder?
- what tree do conkers come from?
- how to cook conkers?
- how to play conkers?
- conkers come from what tree?
- what do you do with conkers?
- what tree produces conkers?
- where can i find conkers?
- what tree has conkers?
- where to buy conkers?
- where can i buy conkers?
See also
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