In boxing, a knockout is a situation in which a boxer wins the fight by making his or her opponent fall to the ground and be unable to stand up before the referee has counted to ten.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A knockout blow is an action or event that completely defeats an opponent.
He delivered a knockout blow to all of his rivals.
3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
A knockout competition is one in which the players or teams that win continue playing until there is only one winner left.
[mainly British]
...the European Cup, a knockout competition between the top teams in Europe.
regional note: in AM, use elimination
4. singular noun
If you describe someone or something as a knockout, you think that they are extremely attractive or impressive.
[informal, approval]
She was a knockout in navy and scarlet. [+ in]
The first story is a knockout.
Synonyms: success, hit, winner, triumph More Synonyms of knockout
More Synonyms of knockout
knockout in British English
(ˈnɒkˌaʊt)
noun
1.
the act of rendering unconscious
2.
a blow that renders an opponent unconscious
3.
a.
a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively
b.
(as modifier)
a knockout contest
4.
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
verbknock out(tr, adverb)
6.
to render unconscious, esp by a blow
7. 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
knockout in American English
(ˈnɑkˌaʊt)
adjective
1.
that knocks out
said of a blow, etc.
noun
2.
a knocking out or being knocked out
3.
a.
a blow that knocks out
b. Boxing
a victory won when the opponent is knocked out
see also technical knockout
4. US, Slang
a very attractive or striking person or thing
Examples of 'knockout' in a sentence
knockout
Tomorrow is not a knockout game but it is hugely significant.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They have been dumped out in the first knockout stage in each of the past six seasons.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The loss leaves their hopes of reaching the knockout stages in the balance.
The Sun (2016)
Leicester need only one point from their final two games to go through to the knockout stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
After that, he delivered the knockout blow.
The Sun (2016)
There is a very good chance of English teams reaching the knockout stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The London club have now qualified for the knockout stages.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is a close thing as to who makes the knockout stages and Spurs will happily settle for a draw.
The Sun (2016)
The knockout blows came from finding'the unanswerable question '.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I honestly don't care who we get - once you are in the knockout stage anything is possible.
The Sun (2016)
But there was a time when it would have been almost a knockout one.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Singing has always been my knockout punch.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The team are exceptional in knockout competitions but lack quality for the long haul.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
So he insists he will have to win the fight with a knockout.
The Sun (2011)
How they had not won any of their last five away games at the knockout stage.
The Sun (2014)
The top three teams in the group go through to the knockout phase.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
This season will not be offer better numbers after the team failed to make the knockout stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
In a knockout competition there is a much larger chance that the best team will win.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They have been helped by some easy draws but are a permanent fixture in the knockout stages.
The Sun (2012)
He was hoping to launch the knockout blow in a very personal rivalry that has lasted for more than a decade.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Do not expect any knockout blows.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Scored the winner against Belgium in the first knockout round and another in the quarters.
The Sun (2013)
Just one knockout raises the danger by 35 per cent.
The Sun (2007)
You don't actually get any prizes for reaching the knockout phase.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This may have explained the lack of subsequent goals, with cautious players saving themselves for imaginary knockout games.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He is aware of his side's inability to keep a clean sheet at home in the first knockout phase.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The intensity of the autumn timetable has the ring to it of the World Cup knockout stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It's such a short format it ends up being a knockout Cup.
The Sun (2011)
Comedy World Cup will see comics battle it out in a knockout contest when it airs next month.
The Sun (2012)
In other languages
knockout
British English: knockout NOUN
in boxing In boxing, a knockout is a situation in which a boxer wins the fight by making his opponent fall to the ground and be unable to stand up before the referee has counted to ten.
The boxer ended the scheduled 12-round fight with a knockout in the eighth round.
American English: knockout
Brazilian Portuguese: nocaute
Chinese: > 击倒获胜拳击中的
European Spanish: K.O.
French: K.-O.
German: K.-o.-Schlag
Italian: knock out
Japanese: ノックアウト
Korean: >케이오권투에서
European Portuguese: knock-out
Latin American Spanish: K.O.
British English: knockout ADJECTIVE
A knockout blow is an action or event that completely defeats an opponent.
He delivered a knockout blow to all of his rivals.
American English: knockout
Brazilian Portuguese: nocaute
Chinese: > 击倒获胜拳击中的
European Spanish: fulminante
French: décisif
German: K.-o.-
Italian: che mette K.O.
Japanese: 痛烈な
Korean: 케이오의
European Portuguese: knock-out
Latin American Spanish: fulminante
British English: knockout NOUN
person If you describe someone as a knockout, you think that they are extremely attractive or impressive.
She was a knockout in navy and scarlet.
American English: knockout
Brazilian Portuguese: nocaute
Chinese: 引人注目的人
European Spanish: sensación
French: beauté renversante
German: K.-o.-Schlag
Italian: schianto
Japanese: とても魅力的な人やモノ
Korean: 끝내주게 매력적인 사람
European Portuguese: knock-out
Latin American Spanish: sensación
All related terms of 'knockout'
knock-out agreement
an agreement between bidders at an auction or sale not to bid against each other
knockout drops
a drug secretly put into someone's drink to cause stupefaction
knockout phase
A phase is a particular stage in a process or in the gradual development of something.
knockout contest
used to describe a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively
technical knockout
a judgment of a knockout given when a boxer is in the referee's opinion too badly beaten to continue without risk of serious injury
knockout competition
used to describe a competition in which competitors are eliminated progressively