knockout

knock·out  (nkout)

n.

1.

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 (nkout)

1. Capable of knocking out: a knockout punch.

2. Strikingly attractive or impressive.

3. Having a specific single gene removed from the genome by genetic manipulation: knockout mice used in an experiment.

Our Living Language An attractive or exciting person or thing can colloquially be called a knockout. First used in the early 20th century, this expression comes from a metaphorical use of the boxing term knock out. The sport of boxing has produced many terms, such as lightweight, heavyweight and slap happy that have entered our everyday language. Two political candidates will square off at the beginning of a debate, an expression with origins in the 18th- and 19th-century rules by which fighters began each round facing each other across a one-yard square in the center of the ring. One of our political candidates might anticipate a comment by the other and so beat her to the punch. If a candidate is clearly losing a debate, he may be said to be on the ropes, and he could even suffer a knockout blow, after which he might throw in the sponge or towel and quit his candidacy. Or, before any of that happens, perhaps time will run out on the other candidate, and he will be saved by the bell.

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knockout [ˈnɒkˌaʊt]

n

1. the act of rendering unconscious

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) a blow that renders an opponent unconscious

3.

a.  a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively

b.  (as modifier) a knockout contest

4. (Group Games / 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 knock out (tr, adverb)

1. to render unconscious, esp by a blow

2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Boxing) Boxing to defeat (an opponent) by a knockout

3. to destroy, damage, or injure badly

4. to eliminate, esp in a knockout competition

5. Informal to overwhelm or amaze, esp with admiration or favourable reaction I was knocked out by that new song

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

Thesaurus

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"

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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.

Translations

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

knockout [ˈnɒkaʊt]

n

(BOXING) → knock-out m, K.-O. m

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

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

knockout

n

(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

knockout [ˈnɒkˌaʊt] n

a. (Boxing) → knock out m inv

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

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knockout [ˈnɒkˌaʊt] n

a. (Boxing) → knock out m inv

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