See Also: Knockout(medicine)
knockout(dictionary)
mice, knockout(medicine)
knockout 1, noun(dictionary)
knockout 2, adjective(dictionary)

knockout (iou)



knockout adjective & noun. Also knock-out. E19.
[from knock out s.v. KNOCK verb.]
(Designating or pertaining to) an auction at which a group of bidders cooperate to keep the bidding low and then sell the purchases amongst themselves. slang. E19.
(Designating) a blow etc. capable of knocking a person, esp. a boxer, unconscious. L19.
knockout drops colloq. a liquid drug added to a drink to make the drinker unconscious. technical knockout: see TECHNICAL adjective.
C. Odets Joe's eyes glitter; his face is hard and flushed. He has won by a knockout. Health & Strength The gallant Frenchman..pounded into a knockout defeat in four rounds.
(Designating) a competition or the system used in it in which the defeated competitors in each round are eliminated. L19.
(A person or thing) of outstanding or superb quality. colloq. L19.
B. Bainbridge 'Did you enjoy the Hermitage?'..'It was a bloody knockout'. E. Leonard I hear she's a knockout Twenty years old, gorgeous.
Mechanics. (Designating or pertaining to) a piece designed to be knocked out to form a hole, or a device for knocking out or ejecting an object from a mould etc. L19.