Antonyms for knockdown


Grammar : Noun
Spell : nok-doun
Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɒkˌdaʊn


Definition of knockdown

  • As in argument : noun verbal fight
  • As in presentation : noun performance; something given, displayed
  • As in polemic : noun argument
Example sentences :
  • Electrolyte is not supplied with batteries shipped in a knockdown condition.
  • Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
  • This Harvey thought would be a knockdown blow, and it was—indirectly.
  • Extract from : « "Captains Courageous" » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Souls have in them a wonderful capacity for recovering after knockdown blows.
  • Extract from : « The Girl Wanted » by Nixon Waterman
  • He comes up again after every knockdown, as fresh as a daisy.
  • Extract from : « Fast Nine » by Alan Douglas
  • Toppy shook his head, like a pugilist clearing his wits after a knockdown.
  • Extract from : « The Snow-Burner » by Henry Oyen
  • I'll go straight up and give you a knockdown--I want to, anyway.
  • Extract from : « The Power and the Glory » by Grace MacGowan Cooke
  • I bought a number of knockdown chairs in Chicago all made by hand for $125 and sold them for much more.
  • Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
  • A shout of rage from the piper, and a knockdown blow that levelled the offender, replied to the insult.
  • Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • But ever since this malady left me a lonely dominie for life, diphtheria has been a knockdown word for me.
  • Extract from : « A Window in Thrums » by J. M. Barrie
  • In the best of circumstances it is only rarely that having identified his big bull, the hunter can deliver a knockdown blow.
  • Extract from : « The Land of Footprints » by Stewart Edward White

Synonyms for knockdown

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