KNOCK OUT


Meaning of KNOCK OUT in English

transitive verb

1.

a. : to produce especially roughly or hastily : turn out hurriedly

in that same month he knocked out eleven novelettes — Time

b. : to get through with : take care of especially in a hurred or routine way : attend to : dispatch

quickly knocked out the few things that had to be looked after

2.

a.

(1) : to fell (a boxing opponent) by hitting especially on the chin and making unconscious or otherwise unable to rise or continue within a specified time

knocked him out in the first round

(2) : to make unconscious or to stupefy especially by hitting on the head

the flowerpot hit him on the head and knocked him out

b.

(1) : to make the further use of impossible without replacement or repair : put out of commission : make inoperative

telephone communications had been knocked out

: demolish , destroy

knocking out the bridges and an ammunition dump — Lee Rogow

knocked out twelve transport aircraft — Time

(2) : to put an effective end to : get rid of : eliminate , crush , squash , squelch

knocked out commercial gambling — A.E.Stevenson †1965

3.

a. : to make (as oneself) exhausted : tire out : wear out

knocked themselves out with excessive work

b. : to exert (as oneself) to the breaking point or beyond endurance : exert to the utmost : drive to the point of exhaustion

knocking myself out to get top grades — W.H.Whyte

knocked ourselves out preparing for the grand opening — Polly Adler

4. : to strike (the inverted bowl of a pipe of tobacco) on something or with something so as to cause burning or burned tobacco to fall out

knocked his pipe out before refilling it

5. : to knock out of the box

the pitcher was knocked out in the fifth inning

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