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knockout
[ nok-out ]
noun
- an act or instance of knocking out.
- the state or fact of being knocked out.
- a knockout blow.
- Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
- a panel in a casing, can, or box, especially of metal or plastic, so designed that it can readily be removed, as by punching, hammering, or cutting, to provide an opening into the interior:
a knockout in a junction box.
- Machinery. a device for knocking something loose, as finished work from a lathe chuck.
adjective
- that knocks out:
the knockout punch.
knockout
/ ˈnɒkˌaʊt /
noun
- the act of rendering unconscious
- a blow that renders an opponent unconscious
- a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively
- ( as modifier )
a knockout contest
- a series of absurd invented games, esp obstacle races, involving physical effort or skill
- informal.a person or thing that is overwhelmingly impressive or attractive
she's a knockout
verb
- to render unconscious, esp by a blow
- boxing to defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
- to destroy, damage, or injure badly
- to eliminate, esp in a knockout competition
- informal.to overwhelm or amaze, esp with admiration or favourable reaction
I was knocked out by that new song
- to remove the ashes from (one's pipe) by tapping
Word History and Origins
Origin of knockout1
Example Sentences
The Obama team has won the first round on the six-month agreement with Iran by a knockout.
Indeed, when asked about the “knockout game,” law enforcement has been skeptical.
With the “knockout game,” we have several cases in a handful of cities, as well as five reported deaths.
Have teenagers adopted a new game of random assaults, with the goal of a one-hit “knockout”?
She deliver a knockout performance, helping her clear the second big hurdle: living up to expectations.
I hunched my right shoulder and aimed a stiff knockout jolt at the officer's jaw.
I set myself and sent a short knockout punch against his chin.
The effects of a knockout blow, however deftly administered, do not last long.
For the first time in five-and-twenty years of fighting, clean and dirty, Fergus McLaughlin had taken a knockout.
But Frank Brooks wasn't full of knockout drops this time, and with a clear head he was no pushover.
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