Definition of Knock Out in English :

Define Knock Out in English

Knock Out meaning in English

Meaning of Knock Out in English

Pronunciation of Knock Out in English

Knock Out pronunciation in English

Pronounce Knock Out in English

Knock Out

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Verb

1. knock out

eliminate

Example Sentences:
'knock out a target'

2. kayo, knock cold, knock out

knock unconscious or senseless

Example Sentences:
'the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds'

3. knock out

destroy or break forcefully

Example Sentences:
'The windows were knocked out'

4. knock out

overwhelm with admiration

Example Sentences:
'All the guys were knocked out by her charm'

5. knock out

empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out

Example Sentences:
'knocked out a pipe'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Knock Out

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1.  Boxing
to defeat (an opponent) by knocking to the ground so that it is not possible to rise before an official count of ten
2. 
a. 
to make unconscious
b. 
to make exhausted; tire out
3. 
to defeat, destroy, etc.
4.  Informal
to do; make; specif., to compose or write casually or with careless haste
5.  Slang
to overwhelm with excited delight; thrill

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Knock Out

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n.
1.
a. The act of knocking out.
b. The state of being knocked out.
c. A blow that knocks out an opponent.
2. Sports
a. A victory in boxing in which one's opponent is unable to rise from the canvas within a specified time after being knocked down or is judged too injured to continue.
b. The act of winning a boxing match in this way: won the fight by a knockout.
3. Slang A strikingly attractive or impressive person or thing.
adj. also knock-out (nŏkout)
1. Capable of knocking someone out: a knockout punch; knockout drops put in a drink.
2. Strikingly attractive or impressive.
3. Genetics Having a specific single gene inactivated or removed by genetic manipulation: knockout mice used in an experiment.

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