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
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adjective
That knocks out.
Webster's New World

Capable of knocking someone out.

A knockout punch; knockout drops put in a drink.
American Heritage

Strikingly attractive or impressive.

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.
Wiktionary
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Other Word Forms of Knockout

Noun

Singular:
knockout
Plural:
knockouts

Origin of Knockout

  • From knock out.

    From Wiktionary

Knockout Sentence Examples

  • It's like a boxer who possesses a knockout blow and can produce it at any given moment, like...

  • He owns his own independent record label, Knockout Entertainment.Ray J has also had his own reality television show, called For the Love of Ray J, which aired on VH1 in early 2009.

  • Matar pulao has a delicious texture and knockout flavor.

  • You can look like a million dollars at your next function by wearing a knockout dress.

  • Claudette was a knockout.

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Words Starting With

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Words Ending With

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