conker

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɒŋkər/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kong′kər, kông′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
conk•er  (kong′kər, kông′-),USA pronunciation n. [Brit. Informal.]
  1. British Termsa horse chestnut.
  2. British Termsthe hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut.
  3. British Terms, Games conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player.
  • 1840–50; probably origin, originally conquer; compare conquering a game played with snail shells (the name of the game presumably later transferred to the playing pieces)

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
conker /ˈkɒŋkə/ n
  1. an informal name for horse chestnut
'conker' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
conkers - horse chestnut

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