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
- 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
- act
- altercation
- appearance
- arrangement
- award
- beef
- bestowal
- bicker
- bickering
- blowup
- bone
- bone of contention
- bone to pick
- brannigan
- brawl
- brush
- clash
- coming out
- conferral
- contention
- controversy
- crusher
- debate
- debut
- delivering
- delivery
- demonstration
- difference of opinion
- difficulty
- disagreement
- display
- dispute
- dog and pony show
- donation
- donnybrook
- dustup
- exchange
- exhibition
- exposition
- face-off
- falling
- feud
- fight
- finisher
- flap
- fuss
- gin
- giving
- go
- hassle
- introduction
- investiture
- knock down and drag out
- knockdown
- launch
- launching
- offering
- out
- overture
- pitch
- present
- production
- proposal
- proposition
- quarrel
- reception
- remembrance
- rendition
- representation
- rhubarb
- romp
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- run-in
- sales pitch
- scene
- scrap
- set-to
- shindy
- show
- spat
- squabble
- staging
- static
- stew
- submission
- talking heads
- tiff
- word
- words
- wrangle
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