Knockout Definition

nŏkout
knock out, knockouts
noun
knockouts
A knocking out or being knocked out.
Webster's New World
A blow that knocks out.
Webster's New World
A victory won when the opponent is knocked out.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
The act of winning a boxing match in this way.
Won the fight by a knockout.
American Heritage
adjective
That knocks out.
Webster's New World
A knockout punch; knockout drops put in a drink.
American Heritage
American Heritage

Having a specific single gene inactivated or removed by genetic manipulation.

Knockout mice used in an experiment.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing elimination from a competition.
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Noun

Singular:
knockout
Plural:
knockouts

Origin of Knockout

  • From knock out.

    From Wiktionary

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