conkout

See also: conk out

English

Etymology

Deverbal from conk out

Noun

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