adj
Meaning 1
Rendering someone unconscious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- He delivered a knockout blow.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
knockout
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈnɒk.aʊt/
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General-American: /ˈnɑk.oʊt/
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CMU ARPABET: N AA1 K AW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- You should have seen her knockout eyes.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Causing elimination from a competition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The deactivation of anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 7
Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
- If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stunner
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
The deactivation of a particular gene.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A tournament in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Examples
- the knockout stages of the competition
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A simple game for two or more players, derived from basketball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
A woman in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, capitalized
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, professional-wrestling, sports, war, wrestling
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
Ellipsis of knockout auction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 17
very strong or vigorous
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- strong winds
- a hard left to the chin
- a knockout punch
- a severe blow
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hard, severe
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: KO, kayo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: blow
Narrower terms: technical knockout, TKO
noun
Meaning 19
a very attractive or seductive looking woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: smasher, stunner, beauty, ravisher, sweetheart, peach, lulu, looker, mantrap, dish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: woman, adult female
History
Etymology
Deverbal from knock out.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зашеметен (zašemeten) — Rendering someone unconscious
- Finnish: tyrmäävä — Rendering someone unconscious
- French: incapacitant — Rendering someone unconscious
- French: assommant — Rendering someone unconscious
- Italian: incosciente — Rendering someone unconscious
- Polish: nokautujący — Rendering someone unconscious
- Thai: ยกเดียวจอด (yohk diaao jaawt) — Rendering someone unconscious
- Finnish: tyrmäävä — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Galician: abraiante — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Galician: impresionante — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Georgian: საოცარი (saocari) — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Georgian: გადასარევი (gadasarevi) — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Polish: powalający — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Portuguese: lindo — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Portuguese: deslumbrante — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Russian: сногсшиба́тельный (snogsšibátelʹnyj) — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Spanish: despampanante — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Thai: ยกเดียวจอด (yohk diaao jaawt) — Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
- Belarusian: нака́ўт (nakáwt) — act of making someone unconscious
- Bulgarian: но́каут (nókaut) — act of making someone unconscious
- Dutch: knock-out — act of making someone unconscious
- Finnish: tyrmäys — act of making someone unconscious
- French: KO — act of making someone unconscious
- French: knock-out — act of making someone unconscious
- Georgian: ნოკაუტი (noḳauṭi) — act of making someone unconscious
- Indonesian: knockout — act of making someone unconscious
- Japanese: ノックアウト (nokkuauto) — act of making someone unconscious
- Korean: 녹아웃 (nogaut) — act of making someone unconscious
- Macedonian: нокаут (nokaut) — act of making someone unconscious
- Polish: nokaut — act of making someone unconscious
- Portuguese: nocaute — act of making someone unconscious
- Russian: нока́ут (nokáut) — act of making someone unconscious
- Serbo-Croatian: nokaut — act of making someone unconscious
- Spanish: nocaut — act of making someone unconscious
- Turkish: nakavt — act of making someone unconscious
- Ukrainian: нока́ут (nokáut) — act of making someone unconscious
- Vietnamese: nốc ao — act of making someone unconscious
- Vietnamese: đo ván — act of making someone unconscious
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