technical knockout

noun

, Boxing.

1. the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. : TKO, T.K.O.

technical knockout

noun

1. boxing a judgment of a knockout given when a boxer is in the referee's opinion too badly beaten to continue without risk of serious injury

Word History and Origins

Origin of technical knockout¹

First recorded in 1945–50