Knockout Definition
nŏkout
knock out, knockouts
noun
knockouts
A knocking out or being knocked out.
Webster's New World
A blow that knocks out.
Webster's New World
A victory won when the opponent is knocked out.
Webster's New World
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.
American Heritage
The act of winning a boxing match in this way.
Won the fight by a knockout.
American Heritage
adjective
That knocks out.
Webster's New World
American Heritage
Having a specific single gene inactivated or removed by genetic manipulation.
Knockout mice used in an experiment.
American Heritage Medicine
Causing elimination from a competition.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Knockout
Noun
Singular:
knockout
Plural:
knockoutsOrigin of Knockout
From knock out.
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