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Definition of Knockdown
1. Adjective. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled. "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"
2. Noun. A blow that knocks the opponent off his feet.
Definition of Knockdown
1. n. A felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal.
2. a. Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument.
3. a. Of such force as to fell or overthrow; overwhelming; as, a knockdown blow.
4. n. That which knocks one down; something that overpowers or overwhelms, as strong liquor; specif., a kind of ale or beer that is very strong.
Definition of Knockdown
1. Noun. An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. ¹
2. Noun. An overwhelming blow. ¹
3. Noun. (genetics) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced. ¹
4. Noun. (genetics) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. ¹
5. Noun. (nautical) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. ¹
6. Noun. (soccer) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet. ¹
7. Adjective. powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down ¹
8. Adjective. reduced in price ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knockdown
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Knockdown
Literary usage of Knockdown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London Society edited by James Hogg, Florence Marryat (1879)
"This blow seems of a decidedly knockdown character. But it is not necessarily so.
Some of the greatest of this world's children have been invalids. ..."
2. Robert Montgomery and His Reviewers: With Some Remarks on the Present State by Edward Clarkson (1830)
"that a knockdown blow is masculine ; more especially when the pummelled person
remains neuter. The doctor may say with ' cudgelled Roper' in the Dunciad: ..."
3. Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells by Robert M. Jones (2006)
"4.11.3 knockdown Approach to Buckling-Critical Shell Design Until the early 2000s,
... This approach is called knockdown design or knockdown-factor design ..."
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