Meaning

4 senses

  1. (not comparable)Rendering someone unconscious.

    He delivered a knockout blow.

  2. (not comparable)Amazing; gorgeous; beautiful.

    You should have seen her knockout eyes.

    сногсшиба́тельныйsnogsšibátelʹnyj

  3. (not comparable)Designating an organism in which a particular gene has been removed or deactivated.

  4. (not comparable)Causing elimination from a competition.

More definitions
  • very strong or vigorous

Examples

7 sentences

  1. You're a knockout.

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  2. He won the fight by a knockout.

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  3. Ten minutes after the knockout, the boxer regained consciousness.

    ruЧерез десять минут после нокаута боксёр пришёл в сознание. — drnm2

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  4. I want to win this fight with a knockout.

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  5. Isn't she a knockout?

    deSie ist doch eine Wucht, oder? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Stunning; amazing; gorgeous:

Origin

Deverbal from knock out.

Deverbal from knock out.

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Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedknock outtechnical knockout

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
knobknockA2knotB2knottyknowA1
knockout — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto