Crossword clues for knockdown
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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 blow that overwhelms; also, a fist fight.
Something that knocks down, or takes apart, for packing or removal, as a piece of furniture; also, state of being knocked down, or taken apart.
Knockdown \Knock"down`\, a.
Of force sufficient to fell or completely overthrow; as, a knockdown blow; a knockdown argument..
Designating a rivet end to be formed into a head by upsetting in fastening.
Of or pertaining to the act of knocking down at an auction; specif., designating the price below which an article will not be disposed by the auctioneer.
Made or constructed so as to be capable of being knocked down or taken apart, as for transportation.
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 a head by upsetting in fastening. n. 1 An act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down. 2 An overwhelming blow. 3 (cx slang dated English) Very strong ale or beer. 4 (context genetics English) A genetically modified organism that carries one or more genes in its chromosomes that has been made less active or had its expression reduced. 5 (context genetics English) The use of a reagent such as an oligonucleotide with sequence complementary to an active gene or its mRNA transcript, to interfere with the expression of said gene. 6 (context nautical English) The condition of a sailboat being pushed abruptly to horizontal, with the mast parallel to the water surface. 7 (context soccer English) a short pass played downwards, for example from the head onto someone's feet.
WordNet
adj. (furniture) easily assembled and dismantled; "I bought a knockdown chest at the do-it-yourself store"
n. a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet
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 fastener
- knock-down furniture
- Knockdown (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe
- "Knockdown" (song), a song by Alesha Dixon
- KnocDown, a music producer
- Knockdown (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers universe
- Knockdown, a nautical term for a near-capsize
- Knock-down kit, a complete kit needed to assemble a vehicle
- Knockdown resistance, genetic resistance to pyrethroid insecticides in many insect species
- Knockdown texture, a drywall finishing style
- Gene knockdown, a genetic modification technique
"Knockdown" is a song by English recording artist Alesha Dixon. It was taken from her debut album Fired Up. The single was commercially released on 30 October 2006, having been made available for legal download the previous week. The song was written by Alesha and the Kent-based production team, Xenomania.
Knockdown is Dixon's lowest charting single to date, peaking at number forty-five in the UK Singles Charts, and spending just four weeks in the charts. As a result of the single's failure, Alesha was dropped from Polydor Records. However, Alesha was signed to Asylum Records, where she has achieved further success under a new label.
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 ’.