'Knock off' definitions:
Definition of 'knock off'
(from WordNet)
verb
Get rid of (someone who may be a threat) by killing; "The mafia liquidated the informer"; "the double agent was neutralized" [syn: neutralize, neutralise, liquidate, waste, knock off, do in]
verb
Cut the price of [syn: shave, knock off]
verb
verb
Write quickly; "She dashed off a note to her husband saying she would not be home for supper"; "He scratched off a thank- you note to the hostess" [syn: dash off, scratch off, knock off, toss off, fling off]
verb
Stop pursuing or acting; "drop a lawsuit"; "knock it off!" [syn: drop, knock off]
Definition of 'Knock off'
From: GCIDE
- Knock \Knock\, n.
- 1. A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A stroke, as on a door for admittance; a rap. " A knock at the door." --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
- A loud cry or some great knock. --Holland. [1913 Webster]
- Knock off, See knock off in the vocabulary. [PJC]
Definition of 'knock off'
From: GCIDE
- knock off \knock off\, n. a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'knock off'
From: GCIDE
- knock off \knock off\, v. i. & t.
- 1. to quit (working). [PJC]
- 2. to accomplish; -- frequently used when the task is accomplished rapidly. [PJC]
- 3. to kill; to defeat (opponents). [Colloq.] [PJC]
- 4. to discount, to deduct (a sum from a price). [PJC]
- 5. to rob.
- Syn: knock over. [PJC]
- 6. to make a knockoff of; to copy or imitate, usually without permission or admission of copying. --[MW10] [PJC]
Synonyms of 'knock off'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscind,
- accomplish,
- achieve,
- ad-lib,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- assassinate,
- attain,
- author,
- ban,
- bar,
- bat out,
- bob,
- botch,
- break,
- breathe,
- bump off,
- bungle,
- buy it,
- call a strike,
- call it quits,
- cash in,
- cease,
- check in,
- check out,
- clip,
- close down,
- close shop,
- coauthor,
- collaborate,
- compass,
- compose,
- consummate,
- cook up,
- cool,
- croak,
- crop,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- dash off,
- deal with,
- desist,
- discharge,
- discontinue,
- discount,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do anyhow,
- do by halves,
- do carelessly,
- do in,
- do offhand,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- dock,
- draw back,
- drop off,
- dust off,
- editorialize,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- eliminate,
- enact,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- execute,
- extemporize,
- extinguish,
- extirpate,
- fake,
- fake up,
- fetch,
- finish,
- formulate,
- free-lance,
- fudge up,
- fulfill,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- give over,
- go on strike,
- go west,
- halt,
- have it,
- improvisate,
- improvise,
- indite,
- isolate,
- jury-rig,
- kick in,
- kick off,
- kick the bucket,
- knock out,
- knock over,
- knock together,
- lash up,
- lay off,
- leave off,
- liquidate,
- loot,
- lop,
- make,
- make up,
- manage,
- mutilate,
- nip,
- novelize,
- pamphleteer,
- pare,
- pass out,
- patch,
- patch together,
- patch up,
- pause,
- peel,
- peg out,
- perform,
- pick out,
- pipe off,
- play by ear,
- plunder,
- polish off,
- pop off,
- pound out,
- prepare,
- produce,
- prune,
- put away,
- quit,
- ransack,
- realize,
- recess,
- relieve,
- rifle,
- rob,
- root out,
- rough out,
- roughcast,
- roughhew,
- rule out,
- scenarize,
- scrap the plan,
- secure,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- shove off,
- shut down,
- shut up shop,
- slap up,
- stamp out,
- step off,
- stick up,
- stop for breath,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- subtract,
- succeed,
- surcease,
- take,
- take a break,
- take a recess,
- take a rest,
- take away,
- take care of,
- take five,
- take off,
- take out,
- take ten,
- take time out,
- throw off,
- throw on paper,
- throw together,
- toss off,
- toss out,
- toss together,
- trifle with,
- truncate,
- turn the trick,
- vamp,
- walk out,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- wing it,
- wipe out,
- work,
- work out,
- write
Words containing 'Knock off'
- Knock,
- Knock down,
- Knocked,
- Knocking,
- Knockings,
- To knock about,
- To knock off,
- To knock out,
- To knock under,
- To knock up,
- knock about,
- knock against,
- knock it off,
- knock on,
- knock out,
- knock over,
- knock up,
- knocked out,
- Knock-off,
- Knock-out,
- To knock in the head,
- To knock on the head,
- hard knocks,
- knock around,
- knock back,
- knock cold,
- knock dead,
- knock kneed,
- knock rummy,
- knock-down,
- knocked-out,
- knocked-outprenominal knocked out,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- knock-knee,
- knock-kneed,
- knock-knees,
- knock-on effect,
- knock-out drops