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A blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
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knockdown
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Knockdown \Knock"down`\, 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. [Slang.] A knocking down; a felling by a knock, as of a combatant, or of an animal; a ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 powerful enough to overwhelm or knock down 2 reduced in price, originally to a price below which an article would not be sold by the auctioneer 3 Capable of being taken apart for packing or removal. 4 (cx of a rivet head English) To be formed into ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Knockdown or knock-down may refer to: Knockdown, a situation in full-contact combat sports where a fighter is down or vulnerable, often preliminary to a knockout "Knockdown" (Castle) , the thirteenth episode of the third season of the TV series Castle knock-down ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled; "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ The dot.economy turned out to be just a more expensive way of selling old-economy goods at knockdown prices. II. noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ But there is little doubt that the knockdown had a crucial bearing on the fight. ...
Usage examples of knockdown.
Sam Solomon, that had given him the early five-round edge in Las Vegas that Ali had refused to understand until he was so far behind that his only hope was a blazing last-minute assault and a knockout or at least a few knockdowns that he was too tired, in the end, to deliver.
This sort of performance went on for an hour or more, with the knockdowns and other casualities pretty evenly divided between the two.
Whereas Captain Barzillai Coffin and his crew could boast of the seven or so whales they'd killed since leaving Nantucket on the Fourth of July, the men of the Essex were still putting their ship back together after the knockdown in the Gulf Stream and had yet to sight a whale.
After all, there was a huge difference in muzzle velocities and knockdown powerbetween black-powder pistol balls and a slug fired from a metal-cased, military rifle cartridge.
He examines their gloves and tells them to break when he says 'break', in the case of a knockdown, go to a neutral corner, blah, blah, blah.
Case of a knockdown, go to a neutral corner and stay there till I tell ya to come out.
He went without saying that the cull disliked anything anyway approaching a plain straightforward standup or knockdown row and, as often as he was called in to umpire any octagonal argument among slangwhangers, the accomplished washout always used to rub shoulders with the last speaker and clasp shakers (the handtouch which is speech without words) and agree to every word as soon as half uttered, command me!
Even if the Germans knockdown all ten, the Lizards have a lot more than ten to send after ’.