'Knock-off' definitions:

Definition of 'Knock-off'

From: GCIDE
  • Knock-off \Knock"-off`\, n.
  • 1. Act or place of knocking off; that which knocks off; specif. (Mach.), a cam or the like for disconnecting something, as a device in a knitting machine to remove loops from the needles. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  • 2. A knockoff. [PJC]

Definition of 'Knock-off'

From: GCIDE
  • Knock-off \Knock"-off`\, a. That knocks off; of or pertaining to knocking off. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Definition of 'knock-off'

From: GCIDE
  • knockoff \knock"off\, n. A cheap imitation of something popular, produced illegally without a license from the trademark owner, and of inferior materials. [Also spelled knock-off.] [PJC]