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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