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knockout en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɑk.oʊt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈnɒk.aʊt/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Deverbal from knock out.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Rendering someone unconscious.
    • He delivered a knockout blow.
  2. (not-comparable) Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
    • If the same model has beautiful hair, white teeth, glowing skin, a fit body, good hands and legs, a great wardrobe, and a knockout comp, her value on the "bookability meter" goes sky high. 2010, Ro Martinez, Modeling at Any Age, page 81:
    • You should have seen her knockout eyes.
  3. (not-comparable) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
    • The result is a so-called knockout mouse, reared with a single gene silenced, the better to reveal that gene's true purpose. 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 255:
  4. (not-comparable) Causing elimination from a competition.
    • Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes. 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton:

Forms

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knock-out alternative lexicographic

Relateds

TKO · knock out · technical knockout · knock one's socks off

Translations (18)

th ยกเดียวจอด (Rendering someone unconscious) · pl powalający (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · fi tyrmäävä (Rendering someone unconscious) · pt lindo (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · gl impresionante (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · fr assommant (Rendering someone unconscious) · gl abraiante (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · it incosciente (Rendering someone unconscious) · pl nokautujący (Rendering someone unconscious) · th ยกเดียวจอด (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · pt deslumbrante (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · fi tyrmäävä (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · bg зашеметен (Rendering someone unconscious) · es despampanante (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · fr incapacitant (Rendering someone unconscious) · ka საოცარი (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · ka გადასარევი (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous) · ru сногсшиба́тельный (Stunning; amazing; gorgeous)

knockout en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈnɑk.oʊt/ (General-American)
  • /ˈnɒk.aʊt/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Deverbal from knock out.

Meanings

  1. The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
    • The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
  2. The deactivation of anything.
    • Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout. 1989 February 6, Network World, page 82:
  3. (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
    • If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
  4. (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
    • “There’s a girl wants to see you. Her name’s Wonderly.” “A customer?” “I guess so. You’ll want to see her anyway: she’s a knockout.” 1930, Dashiell Hammet, The Maltese Falcon, New York, N.Y.; London: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 3:
    • Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout" suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control. 1995, Rhonda K. Reinholtz, “Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse”, in P. J. Kalbfleisch, M. J. Cody, editors, Gender, Power, and Communications in Human Relationships, Routledge, →ISBN, page 150:
    • She was the "bikini-babe", "Sarkozette" stunna who never was. Paris was baffled this week when some of the British media began drooling over an old beach photograph of a former newsreader, Christine Kelly, whom they announced as Sarkozy's latest cabinet appointment—or rather "knockout lovely" or "oh yes, minister!". 2009 March 28, Angelique Chrisafis, “The mystery of the bikini-clad minister”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • "You’re asking too many questions. Look. You’re a cute kid. I mean, you’re a hell of a chick. You’re a knockout. But don’t go thinking you’re too important at this stage." 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, New York: Bantam Books, →ISBN, page 183:
  5. A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
    • They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
  6. The deactivation of a particular gene.
  7. A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
  8. An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
  9. A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
    • In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive. 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 – 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
    • the knockout stages of the competition
  10. (uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
  11. (US, capitalized) A woman in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
  12. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of knockout auction.

Forms

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knock-out alternative lexicographic
knockouts Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

knockout game · knockout rat · knockout stage · knockout mouse · knockout merchant · knockout auction · knockout drop · knockout whist

Descendants

нока́ут · nốc ao · нока́ут · nocaute · нака́ўт · knockout · nocaut

Synonyms

stunner

Translations (20)

bg но́каут (act of making someone unconscious) · id knockout (act of making someone unconscious) · ja ノックアウト (act of making someone unconscious) · tr nakavt (act of making someone unconscious) · vi đo ván (act of making someone unconscious) · uk нока́ут (act of making someone unconscious) · fr knock-out (act of making someone unconscious) · ru нока́ут (act of making someone unconscious) · pt nocaute (act of making someone unconscious) · ka ნოკაუტი (act of making someone unconscious) · vi nốc ao (act of making someone unconscious) · es nocaut (act of making someone unconscious) · pl nokaut (act of making someone unconscious) · mk нокаут (act of making someone unconscious) · fi tyrmäys (act of making someone unconscious) · fr KO (act of making someone unconscious) · ko 녹아웃 (act of making someone unconscious) · be нака́ўт (act of making someone unconscious) · nl knock-out (act of making someone unconscious) · sh nokaut (act of making someone unconscious)