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conkers

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkɒŋ.kəz/ non-rhotic
  • /ˈkɒŋ.kəɹz/ rhotic
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A game for two players in which the participants each have a horse-chestnut (known as a "conker") suspended from a length of string, and take turns to strike their opponent's conker with their own with the object of destroying the opponent's conker before their own is destroyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, plural, plural-only

Topics: games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cobbler

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of conker

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, conker + -s, although the game itself came before the modern meaning of conker as "horse chestnut". See conker for more details.