ALL meanings of knock out
knock out
K k - verb without object knock out to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering. 1
- verb without object knock out to strike in collision; bump: He knocked into a table. 1
- verb without object knock out to make a pounding noise: The engine of our car is knocking badly. 1
- verb without object knock out Informal. to engage in trivial or carping criticism; find fault. 1
- verb without object knock out Cards. to end a game, as in gin rummy, by laying down a hand in which those cards not included in sets total less than a specific amount. 1
- verb with object knock out to give a sounding or forcible blow to; hit; strike; beat. 1
- verb with object knock out to drive, force, or render by a blow or blows: to knock a man senseless. 1
- verb with object knock out to make by striking a blow or blows: to knock a hole in the wall. 1
- verb with object knock out to strike (a thing) against something else. 1
- verb with object knock out Informal. to criticize, especially in a carping manner: He's always knocking everything. 1
- verb with object knock out British Slang. to astound; impress greatly. 1
- noun knock out an act or instance of knocking. 1
- noun knock out the sound of knocking, especially a rap, as at a door. 1
- noun knock out a blow or thump. 1
- noun knock out Informal. an adverse criticism. 1
- noun knock out the noise resulting from faulty combustion or from incorrect functioning of some part of an internal-combustion engine. 1
- noun knock out Cricket. an innings. 1
- noun knock out British Slang. one of a combination of dealers who bid together, rather than against each other, at an auction, and later resell the purchases among themselves. an auction at which this is done. the sale of merchandise recently obtained by a dealer at an auction. 1
- idioms knock out have it knocked, Slang. to be assured of success: With a government job, he thought he had it knocked. 1
- idioms knock out knock out of the box, Baseball. to cause a pitcher to be removed from the box because the pitcher has permitted too many hits to be made. Also, knock out. 1
- idioms knock out knock the / one's socks off, Informal. to have an overwhelming effect on: The song knocked the socks off the audience. 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock out strike unconscious 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock out send to sleep 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock out boxing: defeat 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock out competitor: eliminate 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock out impress 1
- transitivephrasal verb knock out write hurriedly 1
- verb knock out (Transitive Verb) To strike or bump (someone or something) out. 0
- verb knock out (Transitive Verb) IDI To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head. 0
- verb knock out (Transitive Verb) IDI To put to sleep. 0
- verb knock out (Transitive Verb) IDI To exhaust. 0
- verb knock out (Transitive Verb) IDI To complete, especially in haste; knock off. 0
- verb knock out (Transitive Verb) IDI To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it. 0
- verb knock out (sports) To eliminate. 0
- phrasal verb knock out To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. 0
- phrasal verb knock out If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. 0
- phrasal verb knock out If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. 0
- noun knock out to defeat (an opponent) by knocking to the ground so that it is not possible to rise before an official count of ten 0
- noun knock out to make unconscious 0
- noun knock out to make exhausted; tire out 0
- noun knock out to defeat, destroy, etc. 0
- noun knock out to do; make; specif., to compose or write casually or with careless haste 0
- noun knock out to overwhelm with excited delight; thrill 0