Definition of Knockout in English :

Define Knockout in English

Knockout meaning in English

Meaning of Knockout in English

Pronunciation of Knockout in English

Knockout pronunciation in English

Pronounce Knockout in English

Knockout

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Noun

1. beauty, dish, knockout, looker, lulu, mantrap, peach, ravisher, smasher, stunner, sweetheart

a very attractive or seductive looking woman

2. kayo, knockout, ko

a blow that renders the opponent unconscious

Adjective

3. hard, knockout, severe

very strong or vigorous

Example Sentences:
'strong winds'
'a hard left to the chin'
'a knockout punch'
'a severe blow'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Knockout

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noun
1. 
the act of rendering unconscious
2. 
a blow that renders an opponent unconscious
3. 
a. 
a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively
b. 
(as modifier)
a knockout contest
4. 
a series of absurd invented games, esp obstacle races, involving physical effort or skill
5. informal
a person or thing that is overwhelmingly impressive or attractive
she's a knockout
verb knock out (tr, adverb)
6. 
to render unconscious, esp by a blow
7. boxing
to defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
8. 
to destroy, damage, or injure badly
9. 
to eliminate, esp in a knockout competition
10. informal
to overwhelm or amaze, esp with admiration or favourable reaction
I was knocked out by that new song
11. 
to remove the ashes from (one's pipe) by tapping

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Knockout

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adjective
1. 
that knocks out
said of a blow, etc.
noun
2. 
a knocking out or being knocked out
3. 
a. 
a blow that knocks out
b.  Boxing
a victory won when the opponent is knocked out
see also technical knockout
4.  US, Slang
a very attractive or striking person or thing

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Knockout

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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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