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- [nok-out]
- /ˈnɒkˌaʊt/
- /ˈnɒk.aʊt/
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- [nok-out]
- /ˈnɒkˌaʊt/
Definitions of knockout word
- noun knockout Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful. 2
- noun knockout an act or instance of knocking out. 1
- noun knockout the state or fact of being knocked out. 1
- noun knockout a knockout blow. 1
- noun knockout a panel in a casing, can, or box, especially of metal or plastic, so designed that it can readily be removed, as by punching, hammering, or cutting, to provide an opening into the interior: a knockout in a junction box. 1
- noun knockout Machinery. a device for knocking something loose, as finished work from a lathe chuck. 1
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Origin of knockout
First appearance:
before 1810 One of the 40% newest English words
1810-20; 1935-40 for def 4; noun, adj. use of verb phrase knock out
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Parts of speech for Knockout
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
knockout popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
knockout usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for knockout
noun knockout
- blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
- technical knockout — the termination of a bout by the referee when it is the judgment of the attending physician, a boxer's seconds, or the referee that a boxer cannot continue fighting without sustaining severe or disabling injury. Abbreviation: TKO, T.K.O.
- kayo — a knockout in boxing.
- ko — a knockout in boxing.
- tko — technical knockout
adjective knockout
- centerfold — A centerfold is a picture that covers the two central pages of a magazine, especially a photograph of a naked or partly naked woman.
- drop-dead — inspiring awe, astonishment, or envy: a drop-dead guest list; a drop-dead sable coat.
- lovely — charmingly or exquisitely beautiful: a lovely flower.
- beaut — You describe someone or something as a beaut when you think they are very good.
- lulu — a fixed allowance paid to a legislator in lieu of reimbursement for actual expenses.
Antonyms for knockout
noun knockout
- loss — detriment, disadvantage, or deprivation from failure to keep, have, or get: to bear the loss of a robbery.
- dog — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- dud — a device, person, or enterprise that proves to be a failure.
- eyesore — A thing that is very ugly, especially a building that disfigures a landscape.
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