Definitions for conker

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conker conk·er

Spelling: [kong-ker, kawng-]

IPA: /ˈkɒŋ kər, ˈkɔŋ-/

Conker is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 96 anagrams from letters in conker (ceknor).

Definitions for conker

noun

1. a horse chestnut.
2. the hollowed-out shell of a horse chestnut.
3. conkers, a game in which a child swings a horse chestnut on a string in an attempt to break that of another player.

Origin of conker

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)

Examples for conker

Me, with my commishun pinned onto a banner, and under it written, “In this Sign we conker.”

Perseveranse will conker enny thing but muskeeters; the only way tew conker them iz tew bak out.