'knockout' definitions:
Definition of 'knockout'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'knockout'
From: GCIDE
- knockout \knock"out`\, knock-out \knock"-out`\, n. Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out; the act of rendering a person unconscious by a blow. [WordNet sense 1] [Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a blow which causes a person to become unconscious.
- Syn: knockout blow, knockout punch. [WordNet 1.5]
- 3. (Boxing) the winning of a boxing contest by rendering the opponent unable to stand for a specified period, usually a count of ten; -- in contrast to a win by a decision; as, Muhammed Ali won by a knockout in the first round. [WordNet 1.5]
- 4. a strikingly beautiful woman. [Informal] [PJC] knockout drops
Synonyms of 'knockout'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ace,
- ascendancy,
- bathing beauty,
- beau ideal,
- beaut,
- beauty,
- beauty contest winner,
- beauty queen,
- belle,
- blackout,
- bunny,
- Cadmean victory,
- catalepsy,
- catatonia,
- catatony,
- championship,
- charmer,
- clincher,
- coma,
- conquest,
- corker,
- coup de grace,
- cover girl,
- crackerjack,
- crusher,
- daisy,
- dandy,
- darb,
- dazzler,
- death stroke,
- deathblow,
- dilly,
- dream,
- easy victory,
- enchantress,
- end-all,
- ender,
- eyeful,
- faint,
- final stroke,
- finisher,
- finishing stroke,
- grand slam,
- grayout,
- great beauty,
- hit,
- honey,
- humdinger,
- kayo,
- kayo punch,
- killer-diller,
- knockout blow,
- KO,
- lady fair,
- landslide,
- landslide victory,
- last dab,
- lipothymia,
- lipothymy,
- lollapaloosa,
- looker,
- lovely,
- lulu,
- mastery,
- Miss America,
- model,
- moral victory,
- nirvana,
- nirvana principle,
- nothingness,
- oblivion,
- obliviousness,
- paragon,
- peach,
- picnic,
- pinup,
- pinup girl,
- pip,
- pippin,
- pushover,
- pussycat,
- Pyrrhic victory,
- quietus,
- raving beauty,
- reigning beauty,
- runaway victory,
- semiconsciousness,
- sensation,
- senselessness,
- settler,
- sex kitten,
- sleep,
- slick chick,
- smash,
- smash hit,
- sockdolager,
- stopper,
- stunner,
- stupor,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- success,
- sweetheart,
- swoon,
- syncope,
- the nuts,
- total victory,
- triumph,
- unconsciousness,
- victory,
- walkaway,
- walkover,
- whiz,
- win,
- winner,
- winning,
- winning streak