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- US Pronunciation
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- [nok-awf, -of]
- /ˈnɒkˌɔf, -ˌɒf/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [nok-awf, -of]
- /ˈnɒkˌɔf, -ˌɒf/
Definitions of knockoff word
- noun knockoff an act or instance of knocking off. 1
- noun knockoff an unlicensed copy of something, especially fashion clothing, intended to be sold at a lower price than the original. 1
- noun knockoff A copy or imitation, especially of an expensive or designer product. 1
- countable noun knockoff A knockoff is a cheap copy of a well-known product. 0
- noun knockoff a cheap, often illegal, copy of something 0
- noun knockoff a copy or imitation; esp., an inexpensive copy, as of a fashionable clothing design 0
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Origin of knockoff
First appearance:
before 1870 One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75, for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase knock off
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Parts of speech for Knockoff
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
knockoff popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
knockoff usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for knockoff
noun knockoff
- replication — a reply; answer.
- photocopy — a photographic reproduction of a document, print, or the like.
- replica — a copy or reproduction of a work of art produced by the maker of the original or under his or her supervision.
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- similarity — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
Antonyms for knockoff
noun knockoff
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- unlike — different, dissimilar, or unequal; not alike: They contributed unlike sums to charity.
- opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- archetype — An archetype is something that is considered to be a perfect or typical example of a particular kind of person or thing, because it has all their most important characteristics.
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