knockout
an act or instance of knocking out.
the state or fact of being knocked out.
a knockout blow.
Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.
a panel in a casing, can, or box, especially of metal or plastic, so designed that it can readily be removed, as by punching, hammering, or cutting, to provide an opening into the interior: a knockout in a junction box.
Machinery. a device for knocking something loose, as finished work from a lathe chuck.
that knocks out: the knockout punch.
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How to use knockout in a sentence
It could absolutely break for it in the Champions League knockouts.
The Best Round Of The Champions League Is Here | Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com) | February 12, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightAlphaFold triumphed over roughly 100 other teams in a long-running challenge called Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction, or CASP, with a knockout, jaw-dropping performance.
DeepMind’s AlphaFold Is Close to Solving One of Biology’s Greatest Challenges | Shelly Fan | December 15, 2020 | Singularity HubSeven of the nine Americans are on their way to the knockout stage, regardless of what occurs in the final set of group matches next week.
Seven Americans played in Champions League games this week. That’s a U.S. record. | Steven Goff | December 2, 2020 | Washington PostThe previous iteration of Iron Mike sought to punish his opponents without mercy in pursuit of an immediate knockout.
Mike Tyson fought for the first time in 15 years. So much had changed. | Gene Wang | November 29, 2020 | Washington PostEven Tesla’s knockout quarter is failing to lift tech stock futures.
The Obama team has won the first round on the six-month agreement with Iran by a knockout.
Indeed, when asked about the “knockout game,” law enforcement has been skeptical.
Guess What? The ‘Knockout Game’ Is America’s Latest Phony Panic | Jamelle Bouie | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTWith the “knockout game,” we have several cases in a handful of cities, as well as five reported deaths.
Guess What? The ‘Knockout Game’ Is America’s Latest Phony Panic | Jamelle Bouie | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHave teenagers adopted a new game of random assaults, with the goal of a one-hit “knockout”?
Guess What? The ‘Knockout Game’ Is America’s Latest Phony Panic | Jamelle Bouie | November 25, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe deliver a knockout performance, helping her clear the second big hurdle: living up to expectations.
Oprah Winfrey Should Win an Oscar for ‘The Butler’ | Kevin Fallon | August 20, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI hunched my right shoulder and aimed a stiff knockout jolt at the officer's jaw.
"And That's How It Was, Officer" | Ralph SholtoI set myself and sent a short knockout punch against his chin.
"And That's How It Was, Officer" | Ralph SholtoThe effects of a knockout blow, however deftly administered, do not last long.
The Grell Mystery | Frank FroestFor the first time in five-and-twenty years of fighting, clean and dirty, Fergus McLaughlin had taken a knockout.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandBut Frank Brooks wasn't full of knockout drops this time, and with a clear head he was no pushover.
Deadly City | Paul W. Fairman
British Dictionary definitions for knockout
/ (ˈnɒkˌaʊt) /
the act of rendering unconscious
a blow that renders an opponent unconscious
a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively
(as modifier): a knockout contest
a series of absurd invented games, esp obstacle races, involving physical effort or skill
informal a person or thing that is overwhelmingly impressive or attractive: she's a knockout
to render unconscious, esp by a blow
boxing to defeat (an opponent) by a knockout
to destroy, damage, or injure badly
to eliminate, esp in a knockout competition
informal to overwhelm or amaze, esp with admiration or favourable reaction: I was knocked out by that new song
to remove the ashes from (one's pipe) by tapping
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with knockout
Also, knock out cold. Render unconscious by a blow or some other means. For example, It was just a swinging door, but it knocked her out, or Just one of those sleeping pills can knock you out cold. [Late 1500s]
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