knockdown
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adjective
1.
capable of knocking something down; overwhelming; irresistible: a knockdown blow.
2.
constructed in separate parts that can readily be taken apart for easy storage, shipping, etc.: a knockdown toolshed.
3.
offered or acquired for less than the prevailing rate: first-rate goods at knockdown prices.
noun
4.
a knockdown object.
5.
an act or instance of knocking down, especially by a blow.
6.
something that fells or overwhelms.
7.
reduction or lowering, as in price or number: The store offered a knockdown of 15 percent to its own employees.
8.
Slang. an introduction, especially to a person: He gave me a real knockdown to the company.
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Knockdown
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Origin:
1680–90; adj., noun use of verb phrase knock down
1680–90; adj., noun use of verb phrase knock down
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WordNet
| knockdown | |
adjective | |
| 1. | (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled; "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store" |
noun | |
| 1. | a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet |
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Example sentences
He led the team in knockdown blocks as a junior and senior.
Traditional boats will more readily right themselves after a knockdown, provided they do not suffer damage that lets in water.
His legs seemed as if they had never recovered from the knockdown.
The crowd buzzed with jittery excitement, as they always do when it experiences a knockdown.
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