Definition of conker in English:

conker

noun ˈkɒŋkəˈkɑŋkər

British

1The hard, shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree.
〈英〉七叶树果实
Example sentencesExamples
- Here, each competitor randomly selects a conker from a bag, rather than play with his own equipment.
- Also because of ‘conker’ season and the fact that he knew secrets about how to make your conker really strong, we grew brave enough to speak to him every day.
- The inevitable dehydration that this involves causes the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain to dry up, allowing the brain to rattle around inside the skull like a conker in a biscuit tin.
- It's a beautiful thing, the leather rich brown and shiny as a conker and trimmed with brass.
- In other words a nationwide band of amateurs who watch the landscape for signs of seasonal change - the first cuckoo, the first frogspawn, the first conker, that sort of thing.
- Overprotectionism is killing the age old theory that sometimes the best way to learn what is dangerous is to get hit in the eye with a conker…
- Did you opt for a few preliminary skirmishes to test out the ability of your conker to achieve the all important swing/force ratio, or did you immediately challenge the owner of the champion conker in the hope of immediate glory.
- Baking a conker makes it more likely to shatter.
- Each player takes turns to swing their conker at the others.
- Competition in the ring was ferocious as fearless competitors risked their knuckles and aimed to split the conker at the end of a leather string held by their opponent.
- Picking the right conker is a big gamble, but usually as long as it's fresh and has a nice gloss it will be fine.
- ‘We take the conker out on the pub crawl and then before a match it gets passed around and we rub it rather hopefully,’ Dave continued.
- An old date book, a leaf from a tree in Greece, a conker from Paris, a knife stolen from the Ritz, part of a love letter, etc. - all are carefully arranged to create the best effect.
- I picked up a shiny, fresh conker in the street as I walked around Canonbury and Highbury for a couple of hours.
- No danger of falling coconuts there, just the occasional conker.
- These ranged from the traditional knockabout with a conker on a string, to a conkernut shy, a play on the coconut version, and wingseed throwing.
- Plan B was to use a drill, of the electric kind, but this proved hazardous to one health from the result of a clip round ear from father who didn't take kindly to the holes left in the kitchen worktop after the drill had passed through the conker.
- Strong conkers were gathered in the woods, carefully dried, bored and threaded onto pieces of strong string with a secure double knot under the conker.
- I can't think of anything less palatable than setting my alarm for 8.30 am and actually getting up when it goes off - it makes me feel like a conker being prized from its casing too soon.
- Now on reading a typical party election manifesto, I have never been made aware of any party political concerns about the disgraceful risk of being hit on the head by a conker.
1. 1.1conkerstreated as singular A children's game in which each has a conker on the end of a string and takes turns in trying to break another's with it.
  康克（一种儿童游戏，各有一系在绳端的七叶树果，轮流互击，以击落或击破对方的七叶树果实为胜）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping.
  We all have memories of playing conkers, or dunking apples and collecting leaves at this time of year.
  In my childhood we were allowed to play conkers, whip-and-top, hopscotch and even put jacket potatoes on the bonfires.
  The children just love conkers, which is a game that many of them had never played before.
  A headmaster has bought his pupils safety goggles in a bid to stop a council banning games of conkers.
  I read that certain games are to be banned in school playgrounds, including conkers and skipping, for fear of accidents.
  Back at the cottage and among wine, rakia and music we played the traditional game of cracking one another's Easter eggs together, something like the game of conkers in England.
  Governors and staff imposed the ban on the traditional break-time game because of fears the conkers could cause an anaphylactic reaction in children with nut allergies.
  We have also had schools banning children from playing conkers and, recently, another which prohibited football unless a ‘softer’ ball was used.
  Why can't the servants of the nanny state stick to outlawing other white-knuckle sports, like the games of conkers they've been targeting over the past few days?
  All conkers and strings are supplied by the competition organisers.
  But when you show me children, it is easier for me to believe the horrors if I also see them playing Knock Down Ginger, or conkers, or whatever.
  Where there are no obstacles, a buddy line can be a useful safety aid, but beware of the line snagging and divers colliding like a pair of conkers on strings.
  Traditional games such as skipping, marbles and conkers are disappearing from school yards, not because children are scared of skinning their knees, but because their teachers are scared of being sued.
  He holds the world record for conkers by demolishing 306 in an hour, but has not yet won the Irish title.
  In some areas, horse chestnut trees have been cut down because of the possibility that children might be hurt playing conkers.

Origin

Mid 19th century (a dialect word denoting a snail shell, with which the game, or a form of it, was originally played): perhaps from conch, but associated with (and frequently spelled) conquer in the 19th and early 20th cents: an alternative name was conquerors.

Children originally played conkers not with horse chestnuts but with snail shells. The word conker is first recorded in the 1840s as a dialect word for a snail shell, and may have originally come from conch (Middle English), a kind of mollusc, which is probably also the origin of conk (early 19th century), meaning ‘the nose’. On the other hand, conker could be related to conquer (ME, from Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’), which was how conker was often spelled. Indeed, an alternative name for the game at one time was conquerors. Horse chestnuts seem to have replaced snail shells late in the 19th century.

Rhymes

concha, conquer, Dzongkha, stonker

Definition of conker in US English:

conker

nounˈkäNGkərˈkɑŋkər

British

1The hard, shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree.
〈英〉七叶树果实
Example sentencesExamples
- Strong conkers were gathered in the woods, carefully dried, bored and threaded onto pieces of strong string with a secure double knot under the conker.
- No danger of falling coconuts there, just the occasional conker.
- An old date book, a leaf from a tree in Greece, a conker from Paris, a knife stolen from the Ritz, part of a love letter, etc. - all are carefully arranged to create the best effect.
- I can't think of anything less palatable than setting my alarm for 8.30 am and actually getting up when it goes off - it makes me feel like a conker being prized from its casing too soon.
- I picked up a shiny, fresh conker in the street as I walked around Canonbury and Highbury for a couple of hours.
- In other words a nationwide band of amateurs who watch the landscape for signs of seasonal change - the first cuckoo, the first frogspawn, the first conker, that sort of thing.
- ‘We take the conker out on the pub crawl and then before a match it gets passed around and we rub it rather hopefully,’ Dave continued.
- It's a beautiful thing, the leather rich brown and shiny as a conker and trimmed with brass.
- Baking a conker makes it more likely to shatter.
- Did you opt for a few preliminary skirmishes to test out the ability of your conker to achieve the all important swing/force ratio, or did you immediately challenge the owner of the champion conker in the hope of immediate glory.
- These ranged from the traditional knockabout with a conker on a string, to a conkernut shy, a play on the coconut version, and wingseed throwing.
- Plan B was to use a drill, of the electric kind, but this proved hazardous to one health from the result of a clip round ear from father who didn't take kindly to the holes left in the kitchen worktop after the drill had passed through the conker.
- Overprotectionism is killing the age old theory that sometimes the best way to learn what is dangerous is to get hit in the eye with a conker…
- Now on reading a typical party election manifesto, I have never been made aware of any party political concerns about the disgraceful risk of being hit on the head by a conker.
- Competition in the ring was ferocious as fearless competitors risked their knuckles and aimed to split the conker at the end of a leather string held by their opponent.
- Picking the right conker is a big gamble, but usually as long as it's fresh and has a nice gloss it will be fine.
- Also because of ‘conker’ season and the fact that he knew secrets about how to make your conker really strong, we grew brave enough to speak to him every day.
- Each player takes turns to swing their conker at the others.
- Here, each competitor randomly selects a conker from a bag, rather than play with his own equipment.
- The inevitable dehydration that this involves causes the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain to dry up, allowing the brain to rattle around inside the skull like a conker in a biscuit tin.
1. 1.1conkerstreated as singular A children's game in which each child has a conker on the end of a string and takes turns trying to break another's with it.
  康克（一种儿童游戏，各有一系在绳端的七叶树果，轮流互击，以击落或击破对方的七叶树果实为胜）
  Example sentencesExamples
  Traditional games such as skipping, marbles and conkers are disappearing from school yards, not because children are scared of skinning their knees, but because their teachers are scared of being sued.
  The children just love conkers, which is a game that many of them had never played before.
  Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping.
  In some areas, horse chestnut trees have been cut down because of the possibility that children might be hurt playing conkers.
  He holds the world record for conkers by demolishing 306 in an hour, but has not yet won the Irish title.
  All conkers and strings are supplied by the competition organisers.
  In my childhood we were allowed to play conkers, whip-and-top, hopscotch and even put jacket potatoes on the bonfires.
  Why can't the servants of the nanny state stick to outlawing other white-knuckle sports, like the games of conkers they've been targeting over the past few days?
  We have also had schools banning children from playing conkers and, recently, another which prohibited football unless a ‘softer’ ball was used.
  A headmaster has bought his pupils safety goggles in a bid to stop a council banning games of conkers.
  But when you show me children, it is easier for me to believe the horrors if I also see them playing Knock Down Ginger, or conkers, or whatever.
  We all have memories of playing conkers, or dunking apples and collecting leaves at this time of year.
  Back at the cottage and among wine, rakia and music we played the traditional game of cracking one another's Easter eggs together, something like the game of conkers in England.
  Where there are no obstacles, a buddy line can be a useful safety aid, but beware of the line snagging and divers colliding like a pair of conkers on strings.
  Governors and staff imposed the ban on the traditional break-time game because of fears the conkers could cause an anaphylactic reaction in children with nut allergies.
  I read that certain games are to be banned in school playgrounds, including conkers and skipping, for fear of accidents.

单词	conker
释义	Definition of conker in English: conker noun ˈkɒŋkəˈkɑŋkər British 1The hard, shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree. 〈英〉七叶树果实 Example sentencesExamples Here, each competitor randomly selects a conker from a bag, rather than play with his own equipment. Also because of ‘conker’ season and the fact that he knew secrets about how to make your conker really strong, we grew brave enough to speak to him every day. The inevitable dehydration that this involves causes the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain to dry up, allowing the brain to rattle around inside the skull like a conker in a biscuit tin. It's a beautiful thing, the leather rich brown and shiny as a conker and trimmed with brass. In other words a nationwide band of amateurs who watch the landscape for signs of seasonal change - the first cuckoo, the first frogspawn, the first conker, that sort of thing. Overprotectionism is killing the age old theory that sometimes the best way to learn what is dangerous is to get hit in the eye with a conker… Did you opt for a few preliminary skirmishes to test out the ability of your conker to achieve the all important swing/force ratio, or did you immediately challenge the owner of the champion conker in the hope of immediate glory. Baking a conker makes it more likely to shatter. Each player takes turns to swing their conker at the others. Competition in the ring was ferocious as fearless competitors risked their knuckles and aimed to split the conker at the end of a leather string held by their opponent. Picking the right conker is a big gamble, but usually as long as it's fresh and has a nice gloss it will be fine. ‘We take the conker out on the pub crawl and then before a match it gets passed around and we rub it rather hopefully,’ Dave continued. An old date book, a leaf from a tree in Greece, a conker from Paris, a knife stolen from the Ritz, part of a love letter, etc. - all are carefully arranged to create the best effect. I picked up a shiny, fresh conker in the street as I walked around Canonbury and Highbury for a couple of hours. No danger of falling coconuts there, just the occasional conker. These ranged from the traditional knockabout with a conker on a string, to a conkernut shy, a play on the coconut version, and wingseed throwing. Plan B was to use a drill, of the electric kind, but this proved hazardous to one health from the result of a clip round ear from father who didn't take kindly to the holes left in the kitchen worktop after the drill had passed through the conker. Strong conkers were gathered in the woods, carefully dried, bored and threaded onto pieces of strong string with a secure double knot under the conker. I can't think of anything less palatable than setting my alarm for 8.30 am and actually getting up when it goes off - it makes me feel like a conker being prized from its casing too soon. Now on reading a typical party election manifesto, I have never been made aware of any party political concerns about the disgraceful risk of being hit on the head by a conker. 1.1conkerstreated as singular A children's game in which each has a conker on the end of a string and takes turns in trying to break another's with it. 康克（一种儿童游戏，各有一系在绳端的七叶树果，轮流互击，以击落或击破对方的七叶树果实为胜） Example sentencesExamples Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping. We all have memories of playing conkers, or dunking apples and collecting leaves at this time of year. In my childhood we were allowed to play conkers, whip-and-top, hopscotch and even put jacket potatoes on the bonfires. The children just love conkers, which is a game that many of them had never played before. A headmaster has bought his pupils safety goggles in a bid to stop a council banning games of conkers. I read that certain games are to be banned in school playgrounds, including conkers and skipping, for fear of accidents. Back at the cottage and among wine, rakia and music we played the traditional game of cracking one another's Easter eggs together, something like the game of conkers in England. Governors and staff imposed the ban on the traditional break-time game because of fears the conkers could cause an anaphylactic reaction in children with nut allergies. We have also had schools banning children from playing conkers and, recently, another which prohibited football unless a ‘softer’ ball was used. Why can't the servants of the nanny state stick to outlawing other white-knuckle sports, like the games of conkers they've been targeting over the past few days? All conkers and strings are supplied by the competition organisers. But when you show me children, it is easier for me to believe the horrors if I also see them playing Knock Down Ginger, or conkers, or whatever. Where there are no obstacles, a buddy line can be a useful safety aid, but beware of the line snagging and divers colliding like a pair of conkers on strings. Traditional games such as skipping, marbles and conkers are disappearing from school yards, not because children are scared of skinning their knees, but because their teachers are scared of being sued. He holds the world record for conkers by demolishing 306 in an hour, but has not yet won the Irish title. In some areas, horse chestnut trees have been cut down because of the possibility that children might be hurt playing conkers. Origin Mid 19th century (a dialect word denoting a snail shell, with which the game, or a form of it, was originally played): perhaps from conch, but associated with (and frequently spelled) conquer in the 19th and early 20th cents: an alternative name was conquerors. Children originally played conkers not with horse chestnuts but with snail shells. The word conker is first recorded in the 1840s as a dialect word for a snail shell, and may have originally come from conch (Middle English), a kind of mollusc, which is probably also the origin of conk (early 19th century), meaning ‘the nose’. On the other hand, conker could be related to conquer (ME, from Latin conquirere ‘gain, win’), which was how conker was often spelled. Indeed, an alternative name for the game at one time was conquerors. Horse chestnuts seem to have replaced snail shells late in the 19th century. Rhymes concha, conquer, Dzongkha, stonker Definition of conker in US English: conker nounˈkäNGkərˈkɑŋkər British 1The hard, shiny dark brown nut of a horse chestnut tree. 〈英〉七叶树果实 Example sentencesExamples Strong conkers were gathered in the woods, carefully dried, bored and threaded onto pieces of strong string with a secure double knot under the conker. No danger of falling coconuts there, just the occasional conker. An old date book, a leaf from a tree in Greece, a conker from Paris, a knife stolen from the Ritz, part of a love letter, etc. - all are carefully arranged to create the best effect. I can't think of anything less palatable than setting my alarm for 8.30 am and actually getting up when it goes off - it makes me feel like a conker being prized from its casing too soon. I picked up a shiny, fresh conker in the street as I walked around Canonbury and Highbury for a couple of hours. In other words a nationwide band of amateurs who watch the landscape for signs of seasonal change - the first cuckoo, the first frogspawn, the first conker, that sort of thing. ‘We take the conker out on the pub crawl and then before a match it gets passed around and we rub it rather hopefully,’ Dave continued. It's a beautiful thing, the leather rich brown and shiny as a conker and trimmed with brass. Baking a conker makes it more likely to shatter. Did you opt for a few preliminary skirmishes to test out the ability of your conker to achieve the all important swing/force ratio, or did you immediately challenge the owner of the champion conker in the hope of immediate glory. These ranged from the traditional knockabout with a conker on a string, to a conkernut shy, a play on the coconut version, and wingseed throwing. Plan B was to use a drill, of the electric kind, but this proved hazardous to one health from the result of a clip round ear from father who didn't take kindly to the holes left in the kitchen worktop after the drill had passed through the conker. Overprotectionism is killing the age old theory that sometimes the best way to learn what is dangerous is to get hit in the eye with a conker… Now on reading a typical party election manifesto, I have never been made aware of any party political concerns about the disgraceful risk of being hit on the head by a conker. Competition in the ring was ferocious as fearless competitors risked their knuckles and aimed to split the conker at the end of a leather string held by their opponent. Picking the right conker is a big gamble, but usually as long as it's fresh and has a nice gloss it will be fine. Also because of ‘conker’ season and the fact that he knew secrets about how to make your conker really strong, we grew brave enough to speak to him every day. Each player takes turns to swing their conker at the others. Here, each competitor randomly selects a conker from a bag, rather than play with his own equipment. The inevitable dehydration that this involves causes the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds and cushions the brain to dry up, allowing the brain to rattle around inside the skull like a conker in a biscuit tin. 1.1conkerstreated as singular A children's game in which each child has a conker on the end of a string and takes turns trying to break another's with it. 康克（一种儿童游戏，各有一系在绳端的七叶树果，轮流互击，以击落或击破对方的七叶树果实为胜） Example sentencesExamples Traditional games such as skipping, marbles and conkers are disappearing from school yards, not because children are scared of skinning their knees, but because their teachers are scared of being sued. The children just love conkers, which is a game that many of them had never played before. Or, out in the playground, compete in a game of conkers, marbles and - if you are up for it - hopscotch and skipping. In some areas, horse chestnut trees have been cut down because of the possibility that children might be hurt playing conkers. He holds the world record for conkers by demolishing 306 in an hour, but has not yet won the Irish title. All conkers and strings are supplied by the competition organisers. In my childhood we were allowed to play conkers, whip-and-top, hopscotch and even put jacket potatoes on the bonfires. Why can't the servants of the nanny state stick to outlawing other white-knuckle sports, like the games of conkers they've been targeting over the past few days? We have also had schools banning children from playing conkers and, recently, another which prohibited football unless a ‘softer’ ball was used. A headmaster has bought his pupils safety goggles in a bid to stop a council banning games of conkers. But when you show me children, it is easier for me to believe the horrors if I also see them playing Knock Down Ginger, or conkers, or whatever. We all have memories of playing conkers, or dunking apples and collecting leaves at this time of year. Back at the cottage and among wine, rakia and music we played the traditional game of cracking one another's Easter eggs together, something like the game of conkers in England. Where there are no obstacles, a buddy line can be a useful safety aid, but beware of the line snagging and divers colliding like a pair of conkers on strings. Governors and staff imposed the ban on the traditional break-time game because of fears the conkers could cause an anaphylactic reaction in children with nut allergies. I read that certain games are to be banned in school playgrounds, including conkers and skipping, for fear of accidents. Origin Mid 19th century (a dialect word denoting a snail shell, with which the game, or a form of it, was originally played): perhaps from conch, but associated with (and frequently spelled) conquer in the 19th and early 20th centuries: an alternative name was conquerors.
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