Antonyms for knockout

Grammar : Noun

Spell : nok-out

Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒkˌaʊt

Definition of knockout

Origin : also knock-out, in fighting, 1887, from verbal phrase knock out "to stun by a blow for a 10-count" in boxing, short for to knock out of time; see knock (v.) + out. Slang meaning "attractive person" is from 1892. To knock oneself out "make a great effort" is from 1936.

noun a blow that knocks unconscious
noun a striking person or thing

Example sentences :

It was the seventeen-course night dinners and the foreign cooking that gave him the knockout.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

There's a knockout comin' to the best of 'em, if they hang to the game long enough.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

If Jim has told you that I gave him a knockout to win the race, it's a lie, Pen!
Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow

It's a blow below the belt, but it's a knockout for the moment.
Extract from : « The Root of Evil » by Thomas Dixon

Those who had charge of the boxing never let a bout go to a knockout.
Extract from : « In the Flash Ranging Service » by Edward Alva Trueblood

So far nobody wants to try for a knockout and go whoosh with the ICBM.
Extract from : « I Was a Teen-Age Secret Weapon » by Richard Sabia

After that he would tell a joke and then wait; he was a knockout.
Extract from : « Continuous Vaudeville » by Will M. Cressy

Now the dark man stepped in, fist cocked for a knockout punch.
Extract from : « The Electronic Mind Reader » by John Blaine

We can control them well enough with knockout gas and shackles.
Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone

That was harder than any knockout, and it seemed almost impossible to face.
Extract from : « When God Laughs and Other Stories » by Jack London

Synonyms for knockout

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