ko'ed

noun

a knockout in boxing.

verb (used with object)

to knock unconscious, especially in a boxing match; knock out.

Also, K.O., k.o., kayo.

Origin:
1920–25; initial letters of knock out

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kayo or slang KO (ˈkeɪˈəʊ)

—n , pl kayos
1.	boxing another term for knockout

—vb , kayos, kayoes, kayos, kayoing, kayoed
2.	boxing See knockout another term for knock out

[C20: from the initial letters of knock out]

KO or slang KO

—n

—vb

[C20: from the initial letters of knock out]

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KO or k.o. (ˈkeɪˈəʊ)

—vb , KO's, KO'ing, KO'd, k.o.'s, k.o.'ing, k.o.'d
1.	See knockout a slang term for knock out

—n , KO's, KO'ing, KO'd, k.o.'s, k.o.'ing, k.o.'d, KO's, k.o.'s
2.	a slang term for knockout

k.o. or k.o.

—vb

—n

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KO definition

[ˈkeˈo]
and kayo

n.
a knockout. (The abbreviation is an initialism. Boxing.) : It was a quick KO, and Wilbur was the new champ.
tv.
to knock someone out. (See also KOed. Boxing.) : Wilbur planned to KO Wallace in the third round.

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ko
Korean

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knockout

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