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See also: Knockout, knock-out, Knock-out, and knock out

English

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Etymology

Deverbal from knock out.

Pronunciation

Noun

knockout (plural knockouts)

  1. The act of making one unconscious, or at least unable to come back on one's feet within a certain period of time; a TKO.
    The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
  2. The deactivation of anything.
    • 1989 February 6, Network World, page 82:
      Pull the plug on a node to see how the network handles a node knockout.
  3. (informal) Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
    If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
  4. (informal) A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
    Synonym: stunner
    • 1995, Rhonda K. Reinholtz, “Sexual Discourse and Sexual Intercourse”, in P. J. Kalbfleisch, M. J. Cody, editors, Gender, Power, and Communications in Human Relationships, Routledge, →ISBN, page 150:
      Phrases such as "she bowled me over," "she's striking," and "she's a knockout" suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
    • 2009 March 28, Angelique Chrisafis, “The mystery of the bikini-clad minister”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      She was the "bikini-babe", "Sarkozette" stunna who never was. Paris was baffled this week when some of the British media began drooling over an old beach photograph of a former newsreader, Christine Kelly, whom they announced as Sarkozy's latest cabinet appointment—or rather "knockout lovely" or "oh yes, minister!".
  5. A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
    They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
  6. (genetics) The deactivation of a particular gene.
  7. (genetics) A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
  8. (printing) An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
  9. (sports) A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
    the knockout stages of the competition
    • 2011 November 3, Chris Bevan, “Rubin Kazan 1 - 0 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport‎:
      In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages -with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
  10. (uncountable) A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
  11. (US, professional wrestling, capitalized) A woman in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
  12. Ellipsis of knockout auction.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Belarusian: нака́ўт (nakáwt)
  • → Portuguese: nocaute, knockout (unadapted spelling)
  • → Russian: нока́ут (nokáut)
  • → Spanish: nocaut
  • → Ukrainian: нока́ут (nokáut)
  • → Vietnamese: nốc ao

Translations

Adjective

knockout (not comparable)

  1. Rendering someone unconscious.
    He delivered a knockout blow.
  2. Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
    You should have seen her knockout eyes.
    • 2010, Ro Martinez, Modeling at Any Age, page 81:
      If the same model has beautiful hair, white teeth, glowing skin, a fit body, good hands and legs, a great wardrobe, and a knockout comp, her value on the "bookability meter" goes sky high.
  3. (genetics) Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
    • 1999, Matt Ridley, Genome, Harper Perennial, published 2004, page 255:
      The result is a so-called knockout mouse, reared with a single gene silenced, the better to reveal that gene's true purpose.
  4. Causing elimination from a competition.
    • 2012, Ben Smith, Leeds United 2-1 Everton‎:
      Rodolph Austin delivered the knockout blow from close range 20 minutes from time, after Aidan White had given Leeds a dream start after four minutes.

Translations

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English knockout.

Noun

knockout m (plural knockouts)

  1. alternative spelling of nocaute

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French knock-out or English knockout.

Noun

knockout n (plural knockouturi)

  1. (sports) knockout

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English knockout. Attested since 1921.

Noun

knockout c

  1. (sports, boxing) a knockout
    vinna på knockout
    win by knockout
    slå knockout på någon
    knock someone out
  2. (figuratively) a knockout (decisive victory or the like)

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

See also

References

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