Definition of knock-out in English English dictionary
- A casual term for a type of targeted mutation in which an amorphic ( loss-of-function) allele is produced See also Knock-in
- To remove the background color on which type or graphics are being printed, as opposed to an overprint
- don't knock yourself out
- Don't overexert yourself (in doing something that does not require much effort)
I'll get round to it soonish. — Well, don't knock yourself out!.
- knock oneself out
- to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in its outcome
I'm going to the store. / Knock yourself out..
- knock oneself out
- To go ahead; to do as one pleases
- knock out
- To strike or bump (someone or something) out
I accidentally knocked out the glass in my picture frame.
- knock out
- To render unconscious, as by a blow to the head
The boxer knocked out his opponent in the third round.
- knock out
- To put to sleep
The allergy pill knocked him out for a good three hours.
- knock out
- To exhaust
Running errands all day really knocked him out.
- knock out
- To complete, especially in haste; knock off
They knocked out the entire project in one night.
- knock out
- To cause a mechanism to become non-functional by damaging or destroying it
The antitank gun knocked out the enemy tank.
- knock out
- To eliminate
- knock out of the box
- To cause a pitcher to be replaced by heavy hitting
- knock out of the box
- To cause something to be replaced by something else
- knock the living daylights out of
- To knock out; to hit and cause to be unconscious
- knockout
- Something wildly popular, entertaining, or funny
If you've ever had a sack race, you know it's a real knockout for kids and adults alike.
- knockout
- The act of making someone unconscious, or at least unable to come back on their feet within a certain period of time; a TKO
The boxer scored a knockout on his opponent.
- knockout
- A very attractive person, especially a beautiful woman
Phrases such as she bowled me over, she's striking, and she's a knockout suggest that the woman affects the man in ways he cannot mediate or control.
- knockout
- A creature engineered with a particular gene deactivated
- knockout
- A partially punched opening meant for optional later removal
They left a knockout in the panel for running extra wires someday.
- knockout
- A tournament, in which a team or player must beat the opponent in order to progress to the next round
- knockout
- Stunning; amazing; gorgeous
You should have seen her knockout eyes.
- knockout
- The deactivation of a particular gene
- knock oneself out
- (deyim) Begin doing it. Usually said to show you are unhappy with someone who has complained about your efforts
If you want to make hotel and airline and car reservations and take care of everything, well, then, knock yourself out.
- knock oneself out
- (deyim) To work very hard; make a great effort
1. Mrs. Ross knocked herself out planning her daughter's wedding. 2. Tom knocked himself out to give his guests a good time.
- knock the living daylights out
- (deyim) Make someone feel extremely scared
- knock yourself out
- (deyim) A term for "Do whatever the hell you want, it doesn't bother me"
- knock yourself out
- (deyim) Begin doing it. Usually said to show you are unhappy with someone who has complained about your efforts
- knock oneself out
- make an enormous effort, try very hard, go the extra mile (Informal)
- knock out
- An event that causes a Pokémon to be removed from play A Knock Out occurs when the amount of damage on a Pokémon exceeds its health points When a Pokémon is Knocked Out, the opposing player takes one of his prizes
- knock out
- An area of the image masked out so it does not print
- knock out
- To knock someone out means to cause them to become unconscious or to go to sleep. The three drinks knocked him out He had never been knocked out in a professional fight
- knock out
- To clear an area of absolutely every printing dot; or to outline an image and drop out all dots surrounding it
- knock out
- overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm"
- knock out
- overwhelm with admiration; "All the guys were knocked out by her charm
- knock out
- To mask out an image
- knock out
- logo or image knocks out every layer behind, to print on white background or not overprint on a certain color
- knock out
- The removal (or knock out) of the color in an area, allowing the background or page color to show through
- knock out
- force out so as to establish lower cards
- knock out
- A term used to describe the condensate flow rate It can be expressed as gallons per minute (GPM) or pounds mass per minute (lbm/min) (0103)
- knock out
- eliminate; "knock out a target"
- knock out
- A term used to describe the condensate flow rate It can be expressed as gallons per minute (GPM) or pounds mass per minute (lbm/min)
- knock out
- If something is knocked out by enemy action or bad weather, it is destroyed or stops functioning because of it. Our bombers have knocked out the mobile launchers
- knock out
- amaze; defeat in a contest; final punch (Boxing); hit someone so hard that they lose consciousness
- knock out
- knock unconscious or senseless; "the boxing champion knocked out his opponent in a few seconds"
- knock out
- If a person or team is knocked out of a competition, they are defeated in a game, so that they take no more part in the competition. Henri Leconte has been knocked out in the quarter-finals of the Geneva Open The Irish came so close to knocking England out of the European Championships. see also knockout
- knock out
- destroy or break forcefully; "The windows were knocked out"
- knock out
- empty (as of tobacco) by knocking out; "knocked out a pipe"
- knock the bottom out of
- destroy the foundation of; thwart, frustrate, make difficult
- knock-down-drag-out
- a knock-down-drag-out argument or fight is an extremely angry or violent one
- knockout
- A removable piece of an electrical box or panel that's "knocked out" to allow cable to enter the box
- knockout
- a situation in which a character hits an opponent and makes the opponent fly off the stage into one of four directions: up, down, left, or right
- knockout
- The elimination of part of an image in order that another image can be printed in front
- knockout
- When type or line art is printed over a photo or colored background, the best way to produce a consistent color is to reverse the type or artwork out of the background and then drop in the desired color This process is referred to as knocking out
- knockout
- approval If you describe someone or something as a knockout, you think that they are extremely attractive or impressive. She was a knockout in navy and scarlet
- knockout
- An area on a printer's spot-color overlay in which the overlapping color is deleted so the background color shows through
- knockout
- a blow that renders the opponent unconscious
- knockout
- (1) a form of tournament in which the winners of matches progress to the next round
- knockout
- in genetics, a cell or organism from which a given gene has been disrupted experimentally; "double knockout", from which two selected genes have been disrupted
- knockout
- A partially prepunched opening in a box that is removed to allow the entry of cable A knockout that is mistakenly opened or is open because a cable is removed must be filled with a knockout seal Back to alphabetical list
- knockout
- A shape or object printed by eliminating (knocking our) all background colors contrast to overprinting
- knockout
- Rendering someone unconscious
- knockout
- printing term
- knockout
- a technique of preparing a color separation to produce a transparent area on a film such as type that appears as white on a black or dark colored background
- knockout
- a very attractive or seductive looking woman
- knockout
- {i} act of incapacitating an opponent (Boxing); knockout blow (Boxing); great success; attractive woman (Slang); tranquilizing drug (Slang)
- knockout
- An area on a printer's spot-color overlay in which an overlapping color is deleted so the background color shows through
- knockout
- When type or line art is to be printed over a photograph or other variable color background, the best way to produce a consistent color is to first "reverse" the type or artwork out of the background, then drop in the desired color This process is referred to as Knocking Out See also Reversed Type
- knockout
- When type or line art is to be printed over a photograph or other variable color background, the best way to produce a consistent color is to first reverse the type or artwork out of the background and then drop in the desired color This process is referred to as knocking out
- knockout
- Act of knocking out, or state of being knocked out
- knockout
- An alteration of a gene that results in loss of function; a transgenic organism in which a gene has been inactivated
- knockout
- A perforated piece of metal in a box that is removed with a punch and hammer to permit insertion of wire
- knockout
- {s} stunning, amazing, impressive
- knockout
- The opposite of overprint, describing an element whose ink replaces (knocks out) the ink(s) of any background objects A knockout object prints only its own color, maintaining color purity
- knockout
- That knocks out; characterized by knocking out; as, a knock-out blow; a knock-out key for knocking out a drill from a collet
- knockout
- Deactivation of specific genes; used in laboratory organisms to study gene function See also: gene, locus, model organisms Return to Top
- knockout
- very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow"
- knockout
- In boxing, a knockout is a situation in which a boxer wins the fight by making his opponent fall to the ground and be unable to stand up before the referee has counted to ten
- knockout
- The process of removing the portion of a background color that lies underneath an object so that the object color will not mix with the background color during printing
- knockout
- Inactivation of specific genes Knockouts are often created in laboratory organisms such as yeast or mice so that scientists can study the knockout organism as a model for a particular disease
- knockout
- A shape or object printed by eliminating (knocking out) all background colors Contrast to overprinting
- knockout
- A knockout competition is one in which the players or teams that win continue playing until there is only one winner left. the European Cup, a knockout competition between the top teams in Europe
- knockout
- An event where a foreground color causes a background color not to print
- knockout
- White type on a black or dark background Other terms: reverse; dropout
- knockout
- A knockout blow is an action or event that completely defeats an opponent. He delivered a knockout blow to all of his rivals
- knockout
- A printing term that refers to the technique of preparing a color separation to produce a transparent area on the film This typically occurs when one process color overlaps a second causing the bottom color not to print to top