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knock·out

(nŏk′out′)

a. The act of knocking out.

b. The state of being knocked out.

c. A blow that knocks out an opponent.

2. Sports

a. 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.

b. The act of winning a boxing match in this way: won the fight by a knockout.

3. Slang A strikingly attractive or impressive person or thing.

adj. also knock-out (nŏk′out′)

1. Capable of knocking someone out: a knockout punch; knockout drops put in a drink.

2. Strikingly attractive or impressive.

3. Genetics Having a specific single gene inactivated or removed by genetic manipulation: knockout mice used in an experiment.

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knockout

(ˈnɒkˌaʊt)

1. the act of rendering unconscious

2. (Boxing) a blow that renders an opponent unconscious

a. a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively

b. (as modifier): a knockout contest.

4. (Games, other than specified) a series of absurd invented games, esp obstacle races, involving physical effort or skill

5. informal a person or thing that is overwhelmingly impressive or attractive: she's a knockout.

vb (tr, adverb)

6. to render unconscious, esp by a blow

7. (Boxing) boxing to defeat (an opponent) by a knockout

8. to destroy, damage, or injure badly

9. to eliminate, esp in a knockout competition

10. informal to overwhelm or amaze, esp with admiration or favourable reaction: I was knocked out by that new song.

11. to remove the ashes from (one's pipe) by tapping

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knock•out

(ˈnɒkˌaʊt)

n.

1. an act or instance of knocking out.

2. the state or fact of being knocked out.

3. a knockout blow.

4. Informal. a person or thing overwhelmingly attractive, appealing, or successful.

adj.

5. serving to knock out: the knockout punch.

[1810–20]

knockout

(KO) End of the fight, when one boxer is knocked unconscious or is floored for at least 10 sec.

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Noun	1.	knockout - a very attractive or seductive looking woman lulu, mantrap, stunner, beauty, peach, ravisher, smasher, looker, sweetheart, dish adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
	2.	knockout - a blow that renders the opponent unconscious kayo, KO technical knockout, TKO - a knockout declared by the referee who judges one boxer unable to continue blow - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
Adj.	1.	knockout - very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" severe, hard strong - having strength or power greater than average or expected; "a strong radio signal"; "strong medicine"; "a strong man"

knockout

noun

1. killer blow, coup de grâce (French), kayo (slang), KO or K.O. (slang) a first-round knockout in Las Vegas

2. (Informal) success, hit, winner, triumph, smash, belter (slang), sensation, smash hit, stunner (informal), smasheroo (informal) The first story is a knockout.
success failure, turkey (informal), flop (informal), clunker (informal)

3. (Informal) beauty, cracker (slang), stunner (informal), charmer, lovely (slang), good-looker, belle, goddess, Venus, humdinger (slang) She was a knockout in navy and scarlet.

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knockout

noun

Slang. A person regarded as physically attractive:

beauty, belle (used of a woman), lovely, stunner.

Slang: babe, doll, hunk (used of a man), looker, stud (used of a man).

Translations

νοκ-άουτ

tyrmäävätyrmäys

nokaut

che mette a terra K.O.knock out straordinario

knockout

[ˈnɒkaʊt]

A. N

1. (Boxing) → knock-out m, K.O. m, nocaut m

2. (= competition) → concurso m eliminatorio, eliminatoria f

3. (= stunner) → maravilla f
she's a knockout → es una chica alucinante
he's a knockout! → ¡está buenísimo!

B. CPD knockout agreement N → acuerdo m secreto para no hacerse competencia
knockout blow N → golpe m aplastante
knockout competition N → concurso m eliminatorio, eliminatoria f
knockout drops NPL → somnífero msing, calmante msing
knockout punch N = knockout blow

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knockout

[ˈnɒkaʊt]

(BOXING) → knock-out m, K.-O. m

to be a knockout (= very attractive) → être d'une beauté renversante

adj [blow] → à assommer un bœufknockout competition n (British) → tournoi m à élimination directeknock-up [ˈnɒkʌp] n
to have a knock-up → faire des balles

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knockout

(Boxing) → Knockout m, → K. o. m; he won by a knockout → er gewann durch K. o. or errang einen K.-o.-Sieg

(inf: = person, thing) → Wucht f (inf); she looked a knockout in her new dress → sie sah in ihrem neuen Kleid umwerfend aus

attr

(Boxing, fig) knockout blow → K.-o.-Schlag m; to deliver a knockout blow or punch → einen K.-o.-Schlag landen; knockout drops → K.-o.-Tropfen pl; knockout mouse → Knockout-Maus f, → Maus f → mit Nullmutation

knockout competition → Ausscheidungskampf m

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knockout

[ˈnɒkˌaʊt] n

a. (Boxing) → knock out m inv

b. (fam) (person) → schianto, cannonata

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