Lexic.us

Definition of Knock out

1. Verb. Eliminate. "Knock out a target"

2. Verb. Knock unconscious or senseless. "They want to knock out the prisoners "; "The boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"

3. Verb. Destroy or break forcefully. "The windows were knocked out"

4. Verb. Overwhelm with admiration. "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"

5. Verb. Empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out. "Knocked out a pipe"

Definition of Knock out

1. Verb. (transitive) To strike or bump (someone or something) out. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To put to sleep. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To exhaust. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To complete, especially in haste; knock off. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive idiomatic) To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it. ¹

7. Verb. (sports) To eliminate. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Knock Out

knock cold knock down knock for a loop knock into a cocked hat knock it off knock knee knock knock knock knock joke knock knock jokes knock knocks

knock off knock off someone's block knock on knock on wood knock out (current term) knock out of the box knock over knock rummy knock someone's block off knock someone's socks off

knock someone off his perch knock the living daylights out of knock together knock up knockabout knockabouts knockback knockbacks knockdown

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